Fifa corruption live: Sebb Blatter warns 'more bad news may follow' as he clings to power
Uefa and Fifa's sponsors leading calls for change after arrests
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Sepp Blatter has made his first public appearance since the corruption scandal rocked Fifa at the organisation's annual conference, and admitted that while 'more bad news may follow' he 'can't monitor everyone all of the time'
Here are the latest updates:
• Michel Platini has said that Uefa will quit Fifa if Blatter wins tomorrow's election
• Nike reported to be at centre of bribery claims
• British Government calls on Blatter to resign
• Visa threatens to pull funding from Fifa
• Sepp Blatter misses three public appearance
• Fifa president may still be investigated by prosecutors
• Uefa says Fifa risks 'killing football'
• How the FBI flipped its supergrass 'Mr 10%' Chuck Blazer
• Who are the officials and execs accused of corruption?
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On Wednesday, the Swiss authorities raided a luxury hotel on Lake Zurich where Fifa's top executives had gathered ahead of the football governing body's presidential election on Friday, where president Sepp Blatter was expected to be elected for a fifth term.
Seven were arrested following an extradition request from US prosecutors, while former executive Jack Warner handed himself in to police in Trinidad and Tobago.
A separate criminal investigation was also launched by the Swiss authorities themselves, into the decisions to allocate the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively.
It is thought 10 Fifa officials involved in voting for those tournaments are being questioned, while prosecutors have not ruled out speaking to Mr Blatter himself.
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