Issa Hayatou Of Cameroon To Serve As Acting President Of FIFA

Sepp Blatter’s reign as Fifa president could soon be over after the investigatory arm of the organisation’s ethics committee reportedly recommended a 90-day provisional suspension.

His replacement until the next presidential election will be the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and long-standing senior Fifa vice-president Issa Hayatou, who has also been linked to corruption in the recent past.

In 2010, a BBC Panorama investigation carried out by journalist Andrew Jennings alleged that Hayatou had receivied bribes for World Cup TV rights in the 1990s.

Hayatou was accused of receiving 100,000 French Francs from the marketing agency ISL, who were eventually awarded the rights. He denied the allegations and caused the BBC to be banned from Fifa meetings.