Sepp Blatter vows to ‘bring back Fifa’ as president

Under-fire Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been re-elected despite international pressure for him to step down after the federation was rocked by a £100m (€139m) corruption scandal.

Sepp Blatter vows to ‘bring back Fifa’ as president

He was re-elected after Prince Ali bin al-Hussein pulled out of the running in the second round of voting.

Britain’s prime minister David Cameron joined calls for Blatter to resign after 18 people were arrested as US and Swiss officials launched investigations into kickbacks, bribes, and “rampant corruption”.

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