Blatter Withdraws From Women’s W/Cup Final

Cylists waiting for the commencement of competition at a recent meet in Port Harcourt.

FIFA President, Sepp Blater will not travel to Candada for the final of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday for “personal reasons”.
The 79-year-old Swiss had planned to attend the match in Vancourver, despite FIFA General Secretary, Jerome Valcke pulling out of the opening ceremony.
Two criminal investigations into alleged FIFA corruption are ongoing.
Blatter’s lawyer, Richard Cullen, said FIFA Senior Vice-President, Issa Hayatou would attend the match instead.
It will be the first time since he became president in 1998 that Blatter has not presented the trophy to the tournament winners.
In May, Blatter was elected for a fifth term incharge, but has since suggested he no longer has a mandate to lead the sport’s world governing body.
He says he has not resigned from his position and is thought to be considering standing for re-election at an emergency meeting of the executive committee in December.
Seven FIFA officials were arrested on 27 May following a dawn raid on a Luxury Hotel in Zurich.
They were among 14 officials and associates indicated by United States authorities on racketeering and bribery charges.
Swiss prosecutors have also begun a separate criminal investigation into how the rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded.