Departing Blatter presses on with Fifa plans

A defiant departing FIFA president Sepp Blatter is continuing to press forward with his plans for reform within the damaged organisation despite calls for him to have no further involvement.

Just four days after being re-elected into his post Blatter announced on Tuesday he would be standing down in the wake of bribery and corruption charges which have brought the world governing body to its knees in the last few days.

However, in his announcement he pledged to stay on until a new successor was elected — not likely until December at the earliest — in order to drive “far-reaching, fundamental reforms”.