Corruption & sport

In wake of FIFA scandal, CONCACAF proposes rules to rebuild trust

Plunged into crisis by a second FIFA bribery scandal in four years, the CONCACAF soccer body wants to pass sweeping new leadership rules to help rebuild.

The North and Central American and Caribbean governing body published anti-corruption proposals Monday after its past two presidents and general secretaries were implicated in an American federal investigation of racketeering in international soccer.

Corruption & sport

FIFA President Sepp Blatter to resign

At a hastily called news conference Tuesday in Zurich, FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced he will resign after FIFA elects a new leader at an “extraordinary congress” that will be called by the organization’s executive committee. The election will be at least four months away, a FIFA official announced. FIFA’s next congress, at which such decisions usually are made, is not until next May in Mexico, but FIFA announced its desire to speed up the process in order to put the scandal in the past.