Blatter wins fifth term

Sepp Blatter wins fifth term on Friday despite all the corruption

Blatter at the opening

Blatter's victory came despite demands that he quit because of a major bribery scandal currently being investigated by the U.S., Swiss and other law enforcement agencies that sink the world soccer body into the worst crisis in its 111-year history

The elections when into the second face as either Blatter nor prince Ali, his challenger, had two thirds of the votes. Blatter had 133 and Prince Ali 73. Prince Ali later conceded. 

Blatter then declared: "Let's go FIFA, let's go FIFA," to a standing ovation after his victory.

Prince Ali, in his pitch before votes, said: "We have heard in recent days, voices which described our FIFA as an avaricious body which feeds on the game that the world loves.

"There are no easy answers. And no blame that can be cast that will wash away the stain that marks us all," he said.


British Prime Minister David Cameron told Blatter to go "the sooner the better". Chancellor Angela Merkel said the dirty side of soccer must be cleaned up.

FIFA and Sepp has been under the spotlight this pass week for corruption.

FIFA Corruption

Prosecutors said they had found twelve plans, including one recompensing the 2010 World Cup to South Africa.

Fourteen individuals have been indicted, with seven held in Zurich on Wednesday.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter, who is not among them, issued an announcement vowing to kick out corrupt authorities.

Fifa additionally reported a " swift and immediate provisional ban" from football-related action on 11 of the individuals included in the US prosecution.

Fifa says regardless it means to hold its presidential decision on Friday. Mr Blatter is favored to win a fifth term.

The present and previous Fifa administrators arraigned incorporate Rafael Esquivel, Nicolas Leoz, Jeffrey Webb, Jack Warner, Eduardo Li, Eugenio Figueredo and Jose Maria Marin

On the other hand, European football body Uefa has required the decision to be delayed and said it would choose Thursday whether to blacklist the congress.

Swiss prosecutors have likewise opened a different examination concerning the offering procedure for the World Cup competitions in 2018 in Russia and 2022 in Qatar.

Volker Finke renewed his Contract with the Cameroon national Team

The Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) has renewed the contract of Volker Finke which was to expire on May 23. The body had started to search for a successor before it received orders to finalise a new deal for Finke.

The local media and supporters of the Indomitable Lions have not been in total support of the coach following the team’s debacle at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea where they failed to progress from the group stage.

Nevertheless, Finke is backed by the team’s kit sponsor Puma, which pays his $32,000 monthly salary, and also by the country’s presidency, which was principally behind the renewal of his contract, according to Cameroon-Info.

Volker Finke, who had been on vacation in Germany, returned to the country last week to campaign for support in order to “stay on and accomplish the project he has started with the Lions”.

Cameroon will play a friendly match against Burkina Faso on June 6 in Paris, before facing Mauritania for the 2015 Afcon qualifier on June 12.

Ivory Coast lost $800,000 from bonuses meant for players

Authorities in Ivory Coast have confirmed that about $800,000 (about 520 million FCFA) is missing from bonuses meant for the national team players who won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea last February.

The state treasury manager was sacked on Wednesday after which the ministry of interior affairs launched an investigation into the scandal.

Upon the return from the 2015 Afcon, each player was promised $97,000 (that is a $50,000 house and $47,000 in cash).

The ministry of sports and the football federation have been pointing the finger at each other since last month when a player broke the news that the team’s bonuses were yet to be paid.

VfB Stuttgart midfielder Serey Die exposed early April that only part of his funds had been paid, with Frenchman Renard confirming as well that he was yet to receive his.

 Herve Renard (Coach) would take home $123,000 while another $490,000 would be shared among members of the technical staff.

The government decided to get involved this week following the failure of the ministry of sports and the FA to resolve the issue.
 
 “We would have long resolved this issue if the players had come in the open early enough to say their bonuses were never wired to their bank accounts,” said sports minister Alain Logbognon.

A spokesman said the authorities would settle the outstanding bonuses with immediate effect and then hold to account all those involved in the embezzlement.

Pep turns down Man City

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola on Monday turn down the rumours of a possible move to Manchester City next season, saying that he would see out his contract in Bayern.

"Boys, I have said it 200 million times that I have one more year on my contract here," the Spaniard told reporters ahead of Wednesday's Champions League semifinal, return leg against Barcelona in Munich.

"Next season I will be here and that's all there is to it," said Guardiola, who won the domestic double last season and the league title in the current campaign.




A 1-0 loss to Augsburg in the league this Saturday further polished up speculation about Pep’s stay in Munich after what was the fourth straight loss for Bayern in all competitions, something that had not happened since 1991.
 


some media reported on Sunday of a per-agreement with City

Do you think Bayern Munich can defeat Barca this Tuesday ??