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Blatter rocks world soccer by quitting FIFA amid scandal

By Brian Homewood

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ZURICH (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter rocked the world of soccer on Tuesday by unexpectedly quitting as FIFA president in the face of a corruption investigation that has plunged the game's governing body into the worst crisis in its history.