- Title: SOCCER-FIFA/PREVIEW FIFA prepares for executive committee meeting on Monday
- Date: 19th July 2015
- Summary: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (FILE - MARCH 24, 2015) (REUTERS) SEPP BLATTER
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- Location: Switzerland
- Country: Switzerland
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Outgoing FIFA President Sepp Blatter is expected to meet UEFA President Michel Platini and other continental federation presidents later on Sunday (July 19) ahead of an executive committee session on Monday.
This will be the first formal meeting between soccer's presidential heavyweights since Blatter's shock announcement in June that he would lay down his mandate.
Monday's (July 20) FIFA meeting will choose a date for a presidential election and recommend possible reforms to FIFA's structure which are seen to crucial to the future of soccer's scandal-plagued governing body.
FIFA has been plagued by scandal since seven people arrested at their hotel after being indicted on corruption charges in the United States.
Six are still detained while Swiss authorities consider a request from the United States for their extradition.
The seventh, former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb, has already been extradited and on Saturday pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court and was released on a $10 million bond. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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