Blatter ´distressed´ by corruption allegations

Sepp Blatter, president of world football’s governing body FIFA, admitted Thursday he was “extremely distressed” by the bribery allegations which have rocked the World Cup organisers.

FIFA has provisionally suspended two members of the executive committee, Nigerian Amos Adamu and Tahitian Reynald Temarii, over allegations the pair were bribed to sell their votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals.

“I am extremely distressed, it’s true,” said Blatter in Essen where he was attending the German Football Federation (DFB) annual congress.

“Does this mean that we close down FIFA? We responded Wednesday that life and football should continue,” he added before admitting it had been “a very difficult day for FIFA.”