Blatter is not satisfied and intends to take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Sepp Blatter, the dethroned Fifa president, is preparing to publish a personal account of his near 18 years at the head of football’s world governing body.

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are expected to discover later this week whether their respective eight-year suspensions from all football-related activity will stand.

FIFA's ethics committee has imposed a 12-year ban on Sepp Blatter's former right-hand man Jerome Valcke.

We express our best instincts and hopes — the worst too — through many mediums but few represent the human spirit and human frailty as brightly or as loudly as sport. 

Folks on Twitter have had plenty to say about it - with mixed reactions to the verdict.

Blatter’s personal advisor Klaus Stoehlker confirmed that he will appeal against the ban and take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have both been been banned for eight years from all football-related activities, Fifa’s ethics committee has announced.

Sepp Blatter has written to FIFA’s 209 member associations protesting his innocence ahead of Thursday’s hearing by FIFA’s ethics committee.

Sepp Blatter is being investigated by the FBI over the US$100m ISL bribes scandal, according to BBC Panorama.

Sepp Blatter is challenging FIFA’s ethics committee’s powers to remove him as president of football’s world governing body, according to his advisor.

Sepp Blatter has revealed he was “close to death” after collapsing earlier this month.

The outgoing FIFA president, currently suspended for 90 days amid a corruption scandal, was admitted to hospital in Zurich for a check-up due to stress last week.

Sepp Blatter is to remain in hospital until next week after suffering what has been described as a “small emotional breakdown”.

FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee is continuing to study the secret €5m agreement between FIFA and the FAI, and could yet open a formal investigation into the affair.

David Dein has called for FIFA to be “dissolved” and a new world governing body established in its place.

The Football Association is to consult its lawyers after suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter's stunning disclosure that there was an agreement fixed for the 2018 World Cup to go to Russia even before the vote took place.

Blatter has revealed there was an agreement in place for the 2018 World Cup to go to Russia.

Michel Platini cannot stand while his suspension remains in force

Ramon Vega is set to declare his candidacy to replace Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA.

FIFA’s executive committee is being urged to discuss postponing the presidential election following the crisis that has struck the world governing body.

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have both been provisionally banned for 90 days from any football-related activity in a ruling that throws world football into total meltdown.

Sepp Blatter will turn up for work at FIFA today despite facing a recommended 90-day provisional suspension by FIFA’s ethics committee, according to his adviser.

Sepp Blatter has been told he is facing a 90-day provisional suspension from FIFA’s ethics committee – a move which wound finally spell the end of his time as Fifa president.

Fifa sponsors Adidas and Kia Motors are not following four of the organisation’s other corporate backers in demanding Sepp Blatter resigns immediately.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter will not resign ahead of February’s emergency presidential election despite calls from major sponsors Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Visa to go now.

Coca-Cola, a top sponsor of Fifa, has called for Sepp Blatter to step down immediately as president of soccer’s governing body following a scandal involving alleged bribes and kickbacks. His departure would allow a “credible and sustainable reform process” to begin, the company said yesterday.

Blatter’s immediate response was to insist that he is staying in office until February.

Michel Platini has claimed he was not paid money owed by FIFA for more than nine years because of the world governing body’s financial situation.

Sepp Blatter’s lawyer says that the Fifa president has told his staff he has done “nothing illegal or improper”.

THE never-ending difficulties brought by allegations of corruption against those who run international soccer must be a cause of embarrassment to those millions who love the beautiful game. 

FIFA’s ethics committee is investigating both Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter following the Swiss attorney general’s decision to launch criminal proceedings against the FIFA president.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been questioned by Swiss federal police over alleged financial corruption.

Update 4:18pm Criminal proceedings have been opened against FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

FIFA cancelled a news conference at its headquarters at the last minute today, leaving a question mark over outgoing president Sepp Blatter's reason for not facing the media.

Sepp Blatter’s right-hand man, secretary general Jerome Valcke, was suspended by FIFA last night, pending an investigation into allegations he was implicated in a World Cup tickets scheme.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter should face a criminal investigation for selling under-valued World Cup television rights to Jack Warner, the governing body’s former anti-corruption adviser said.

“I ran because I believe that FIFA needs change. And I had the courage to fight for change when others were afraid.en others were afraid.”

Paddy Power said the ad was light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek and was intended to generate interest.

FIFA has announced its reform committee will convene for the first time in a two-day session in Switzerland next month.

Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel prize for his work with FIFA, according to Russia president Vladimir Putin.

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter told Russian premier Vladimir Putin that the world governing body has complete trust in the country hosting the 2018 World Cup.