Soccer
Blatter resigns as FIFA president─── 19:15 Tue, 02 Jun 2015
Zurich - Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president today, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term.
He said: ""An extraordinary congress is to be called to elect my successor as soon as possible."
Blatter, 79, announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after the FBI raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several FIFA officials.
He was re-elected after his only rival, Jordan's Prince Ali bin Al Hussein withdrew after losing heavily in the first round of voting.