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      FIFA under fire

      Show Description
      • Caption:FIFA President Sepp Blatter (Foreground-L) shakes hands with UEFA president Michel Platini after being re-elected following a vote to decide on the FIFA presidency in Zurich on May 29, 2015. Sepp Blatter won the FIFA presidency for a fifth time after his challenger Prince Ali bin al Hussein withdrew just before a scheduled second round. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL BUHOLZER (Photo credit should read MICHAEL BUHOLZER/AFP/Getty Images)

        Blatter defiant: 'Suspended eight years for what?'

        The latest

      • U.S. charges 16 FIFA officials in widening probe

      • FIFA donates watches worth $1.4M to charity

      • Don't delay FIFA elections, says candidate Prince Ali

      • FIFA committee requests sanctions against Blatter and Platini

      • Without Sepp Blatter, who is running football?

      • FIFA's top bosses suspended

      • Jack Warner: Disgraced former official banned for life by FIFA

      • Sepp Blatter: 'I've done nothing illegal'

      • Swiss open criminal proceedings against Sepp Blatter

      • FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke suspended

      • FIFA: 'Additional charges' likely, says U.S. Attorney General

      The players 

      Top row, from left: Rafael Esquivel, Eugenio Figueredo, Nicolas Leoz, Eduardo Li. Bottom row, from left: Jose Maria Marin, Julio Rocha, Jack Warner, Jeffrey Webb.

      Who has been charged?

      American soccer bigwig turned informant