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Ahead of FIFA election, sponsor Visa threatens to pull out (The Associated Press)

Yahoo! Sports | May 28, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, Zürich, Association football, Greg Dyke, UEFA

ZURICH (AP) -- Sepp Blatter was preparing for the FIFA presidential election with world soccer reeling from the arrest of several officials and a key sponsor threatening to cut ties with the scandal-tainted organization.

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In the two-pronged criminal investigations, Swiss prosecutors on Thursday were planning to question 10 members of the FIFA executive committee who voted on the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

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