The FFA will vote for the man challenging Blatter, Ali bin Al-Hussein from Jordan, at the looming FIFA presidential election.
NZ football facing $690,000 hit from Fifa fallout
The Herald's Steven Holloway reports that the Fifa corruption scandal could hit New Zealand Football in the pocket - Auckland City Football Club stands to lose $690,000 in Club World Cup prizemoney because of the turmoil in Zurich.
The woman who took on football corruption
On Wednesday night NZT Loretta Lynch - the US Attorney-General - announced a stunning 47-count indictment charging Fifa officials with involvement in bribery and kickbacks "year after year, tournament after tournament". Read about how the US Justice Department began chasing Fifa.
Rafa on Fifa
Tennis great Rafael Nadal was asked about the FIFA scandal after his latest win at the French Open today.
Nadal says the cleaning out of apparent deep-rooted corruption in the sport's governing body, FIFA, is "great news."
"In the world of sport, in the world of football, in the world of tennis, politics, around the world, we need people who are fair and who are ready to work in a good way, being honest," Nadal said after his second-round win.
"If there (are) some people that are not being honest with the rest of the people, then they don't deserve to be where they are," he added. "So if that's what happened on that case with some people of FIFA, (it) is great news that these people will not be there again."
Brazilian boss heads home
The head of the Brazilian football confederation, FIFA executive committee member Marco Polo Del Nero, has left Zurich on the eve of the governing body's presidential election to return home.
FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer confirmed that Del Nero had left Switzerland today to fly home to Brazil. As an executive committee member, he was set to attend tonight's FIFA Congress and oversee Brazil's vote in the election between incumbent Sepp Blatter and challenger Prince Ali of Jordan.
Fischer did not provide a reason for Del Nero's departure.
Arrests ordered in Argentina
Following a U.S. extradition request, a judge in Buenos Aires has ordered the arrest of three Argentine businessmen in connection with the FIFA corruption scandal.
Judge Marcelo Martinez de Giorgi told local radio today that he has issued arrest orders for Alejandro Burzaco, the president of Argentine sports marketing firm Torneos y Competencias, as well as Mariano and Hugo Jinkis, the owners of Argentina-based sports media business Full Play.
The judge says Interpol "is working" on his request.
The three men are accused of bribing officials at the Conmebol and CONCACAF confederations for TV and marketing rights of continental tournaments.
- With AP
