Six football officials have been arrested over corruption charges at governing body Fifa, at a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland.

The suspects, who are said to include a Fifa vice-president, have been detained pending extradition to the US.

It involves alleged bribes worth about $100m (£65m; €92m) over two decades.

Fifa members are gathering in Zurich for their annual meeting on Friday, where incumbent President Sepp Blatter is seeking a fifth term.

However, Mr Blatter is not understood to be one of those arrested.

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Uefa chief Michel Platini says football's world governing body Fifa needs a change of president

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Corruption, fraud, you name it!

Sepp Blatter re-elected Fifa president as Jordanian Prince Ali bin al-Hussein withdraws after first round of voting.

Sepp Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal.

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Sepp Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal.

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Resigning to spend more time with his paper shredder.

Sepp Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal.

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He is not going as an instant matter, he leaves his post in December this year.

South Africa has denied paying a $10m bribe to secure the 2010 World Cup, in the wake of a US inquiry into corruption at world football body Fifa.

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England would be ready to host the World Cup in 2022 if it is stripped from Qatar, according to a senior UK government minister.

Ex-Fifa administator Chuck Blazer admits to facilitating acceptance of bribes over 1998 and 2010 World Cups

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Fifa paid the Football Association of Ireland 5m euros (£3.6m) to stop legal action over Thierry Henry's handball in Ireland's World Cup play-off defeat by France in 2009, it has been claimed.

FAI chief executive John Delaney said the association believed it had a legal case against Fifa after France's win.

Delaney said a "legitimate agreement" was made to drop the claim after Ireland missed South Africa 2010.

Henry handled the ball in the build-up to William Gallas's decisive goal.

The Republic of Ireland were 16 minutes away from a place in the 2010 finals before Gallas's extra-time equaliser in the second leg of the play-off in Paris.

The result sent France to the 2010 tournament, where they were knocked out of the group stages amid a player strike.

A Fifa spokesman confirmed the payment, but said a loan was granted for "the construction of a stadium in Ireland".

The Aviva Stadium was the only major ground redeveloped during that period. It reopened in May 2010.

The spokesman added that the FAI were to repay the money if Ireland qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which they failed to do.

Fifa wrote off the loan on 31 December 2014.

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... 'nuff said.

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... 'nuff said.
A deep can of worms?

FiFA = Fraud Investigations Find Arrests ?

Russia and Qatar could lose the 2018 and 2022 World Cups respectively if evidence emerges of bribery, leading Fifa official Domenico Scala has said.

A vanity film about the history of Fifa has flopped in the US, taking just $607 (£397) in its opening weekend.

United Passions was funded by about £17m of Fifa cash, and was completed before corruption charges were made against 14 of its officials in May.

Starring Tim Roth as Sepp Blatter, the hagiography of football's governing body has had damning reviews.

The bidding process for the 2026 World Cup has been postponed amid allegations around the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.

The decision was due to be made in Kuala Lumpur in May 2017.

Swiss prosecutors are investigating alleged financial irregularities around the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 events to Russia and Qatar respectively.

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Fifa has handed over computer data to the Swiss authorities investigating the World Cup bids for 2018 and 2022.
The information was seized at the Zurich headquarters of world football's governing body from offices which included that of its president Sepp Blatter, the BBC understands.

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The United States asks Switzerland to extradite seven Fifa officials arrested on corruption charges in May

French and German presidents applied pressure before the 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes, Fifa president Sepp Blatter says

A Fifa official detained in a raid in Switzerland has been extradited to the US, Swiss authorities say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33550207

Fifa news conference delayed after British comedian Simon Brodkin throws money at president Sepp Blatter

Fifa president Sepp Blatter is "a victim", according to the man in charge of the Russia 2018 World Cup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33651442

Former IOC director general Francois Carrard says he has been approached by Fifa to head its reform taskforce

Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter has told the BBC that he is "clean" as investigations continue into corruption at world football's governing body.

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More charges against "individuals and entities" are being considered as investigations into allegations of corruption within FIFA have expanded, says US attorney general Loretta Lynch.

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Extradition proceedings against former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner are to go ahead, says Trinidad state lawyer

Fifa news conference delayed after British comedian Simon Brodkin throws money at president Sepp Blatter
British comedian Simon Brodkin says he is waiting to hear whether he will face charges over his headline-grabbing prank with Fifa president Sepp Blatter. Brodkin was arrested by Swiss police in July when he showered Blatter with money at a news conference. "Think about the irony of me being the first person to be prosecuted for things that have happened at Fifa headquarters," he told BBC Sport. Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation against Blatter.

Sepp Blatter has said he will not stand down as Fifa president despite criminal proceedings being opened against him by Swiss investigators.

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Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35144652

Football's world governing body FIFA recommends a nine-year ban for its former secretary general Jerome Valcke

Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter and suspended Uefa boss Michel Platini have had bans from all football-related activities upheld.

But the suspensions have been reduced from eight to six years by Fifa's appeals committee.

Both were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" to Platini.

They both deny any wrongdoing and have said they will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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Fifa will get a new president on Friday when 207 delegates from around the world gather in Zurich, Switzerland to vote for a successor to Sepp Blatter.

In charge of world football's governing body since 1998, Blatter, 79, said last year he was standing down amid a growing corruption crisis.

Five candidates want to replace him.

They are Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Tokyo Sexwale and Jerome Champagne.

The election process is expected to begin at 12:00 GMT, but several rounds of voting may be required before a winner is known.

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Switzerland's Gianni Infantino has succeeded countryman Sepp Blatter as Fifa president. The Uefa secretary general polled 115 votes in round two, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa. Prince Ali bin al-Hussein was third with four, while Jerome Champagne failed to get any. Tokyo Sexwale withdrew before voting began in Zurich. The first round of voting had failed to determine an outright winner.

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Fifa appoints first female secretary general

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Senegal's Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has been appointed as Fifa's first female secretary general.She succeeds former secretary general Jerome Valcke, who was banned from football-related activity for 12 years. Samoura, 54, spent 21 years working for the United Nations and will start at football's governing body in June.

Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke & Markus Kattner 'awarded themselves £55m'

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Former high-ranking Fifa officials Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner awarded themselves pay rises and bonuses worth $80m (£55m) over five years, say Fifa lawyers. Football's governing body revealed the contracts of ex-president Blatter, fired ex-secretary general Valcke and sacked former finance director Kattner one day after a Swiss police raid. Its lawyers said there was evidence that the trio made "a coordinated effort" to "enrich themselves" between 2011 and 2015. Documents and electronic data were seized during Thursday's operation, which relates to investigations into Blatter and Valcke. Suspected of criminal mismanagement of Fifa money, Blatter and Valcke were banned for six and 12 years respectively by the governing body's ethics committee in February. Both deny wrongdoing.