BERN, Switzerland (AP) A panel steering reforms of football's crisis-hit governing body started work Wednesday on its mission to help FIFA change and restore its credibility.
Former IOC director general Francois Carrard chaired a 12-member group of football officials and lawyers which began a two-day session at a hotel next to Switzerland's parliament.
Members of Carrard's team, all picked by FIFA's six continental confederations, declined comment before the Swiss lawyer's scheduled news conference on Thursday.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter gave an opening address to kick off a process he promised on June 2 when announcing his resignation plans under pressure from American and Swiss criminal investigations implicating senior football officials.