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| Fifa: David Cameron backs calls for Sepp Blatter to quit | |
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| David Cameron supports calls for Sepp Blatter to quit as Fifa president, Downing Street has said. | |
| The PM wants reform of world football's governing body, and supports calls for sponsors to reconsider their links with Fifa if Mr Blatter does not stand down. | |
| Labour has suggested a rival tournament be set up if the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 world cups is not reopened. | |
| But Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said nations were not "yet at the stage of boycotting the World Cup". | |
| Seven top Fifa officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday. | |
| The arrests followed 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. |
| Mr Whittingdale said Fifa should be the "guardian of the world's most popular sport", not an organisation whose members "seek to profit personally from the passion of the game's fans". | Mr Whittingdale said Fifa should be the "guardian of the world's most popular sport", not an organisation whose members "seek to profit personally from the passion of the game's fans". |
| "I fully support the Football Association's position that significant and wide-ranging reforms are urgently needed at the very top of Fifa, including a change in its leadership," he said. | "I fully support the Football Association's position that significant and wide-ranging reforms are urgently needed at the very top of Fifa, including a change in its leadership," he said. |
| 'Game over' | '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". | 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". | 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." | "It's really game over for Fifa in that sense," he said. "They're going to have to hand back the ref's whistle." |
| Fifa president Sepp Blatter, who has not been named in the investigations, said on Wednesday: "Such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game." | Fifa president Sepp Blatter, who has not been named in the investigations, said on Wednesday: "Such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game." |