Which direction should FIFA’s new leadership take? Sylvia Schenk, German lawyer and anti-corruption activist in sport, lays out a route ahead of the crucial ExCo meeting Monday 20 July.

The US senate has scheduled a hearing into FIFA governance and the US’s role in international football. Andrew Jennings is one of four witnesses to speak at the hearing.

In a resolution that condemns the ‘endemic corruption’ in FIFA, Members of the European Parliament have called for Blatter to step down right away.

A wide range of sports is governed by a corrupt system built on a powerful president’s ability to hand out privileges without merit, channel generous sums of money to his supporters and make decisions at his own discretion. Blatter’s departure opens a door for change, but he must leave immediately.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has announced that he will lay down his mandate at an extraordinary elective Congress. Extensive reforms in FIFA may follow.

Will last week's events be the beginning of the end for Sepp Blatter and will Qatar be stripped of the right to host the World Cup? The findings in "The Ugly Game" provide a good basis for trying to answer these questions, says Andreas Selliaas in this review.

In a statement issued after the FIFA arrests, European football calls for the postponement of the FIFA congress as well as the presidential election.

A total of fourteen people are indicted for racketeering, conspiracy and corruption involving payments worth up to $150m, writes the US justice department while the Swiss authorities have launched an investigation into the allocation of the 2018/2022 World Cups.