Thursday’s key developments in the FIFA investigation:
BLATTER’S REFORMS
Sepp Blatter said he has started working on cleaning up soccer’s governing body after U.S. indictments of 14 people, including current and former members of FIFA, on corruption charges. He tweeted a photo of himself and said he was “working hard on reforms” after meeting with audit panel chairman Domenico Scala “to establish a framework for action and a timetable” for his final months in office. Blatter has said he is resigning once a successor can be elected.
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 PROBE
South African authorities opened a preliminary investigation into World Cup bribery allegations. In the U.S. indictment, senior South African bid officials and the government were accused of channeling $10 million through FIFA to some of its top executives as bribes for them backing the country’s bid to host the 2010 World Cup.