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| MPs to debate senior Fifa officials arrests | MPs to debate senior Fifa officials arrests |
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| MPs are to debate allegations of corruption at world football's governing body Fifa, after the arrest of several senior officials. | MPs are to debate allegations of corruption at world football's governing body Fifa, after the arrest of several senior officials. |
| Commons Speaker John Bercow granted an urgent question from Stephen Phillips MP, with the debate expected later. | |
| Seven top Fifa officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday following a long-running FBI investigation. | Seven top Fifa officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday following a long-running FBI investigation. |
| Swiss authorities have simultaneously launched an inquiry into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. | Swiss authorities have simultaneously launched an inquiry into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. |
| 'Game over' | |
| Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has told the BBC there is "something deeply wrong at the heart of Fifa" and it needed to "clean up its act". | |
| The arrests have sparked concerns among some of Fifa's sponsors, who say they may review their ties over the corruption allegations. | The arrests have sparked concerns among some of Fifa's sponsors, who say they may review their ties over the corruption allegations. |
| Former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith, who was a member a committee set up by Fifa to look at possible reforms, said he had warned Fifa that if it did not "get its act together" someone else would come in and "take over". | |
| "It's really game over for Fifa in that sense," he said. "They're going to have to hand back the ref's whistle." |