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Fifa suspends Blatter, Platini Valcke and Chung

Fifa President Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini and Jerome Valcke have been provisionally banned from football for 90 days.

Former Fifa Vice President Chung Mong-Joon has been banned for six years.

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Sepp Blatter won't resign amid sponsor calls, says lawyer

Sepp Blatter won't quit Fifa in spite of two major sponsors calling for him to leave immediately.

Sepp Blatter has refused to stand down as Fifa President Credit: Reuters

The Fifa President's lawyer released a statement saying "it would not be in the best interest of Fifa" for him to leave.

"While Coca-Cola is a valued sponsor of Fifa, Mr Blatter respectfully disagrees with its position and believes firmly that his leaving office would not be in the best interest of Fifa nor would it advance the process fo reform and therefore he will not resign," the statement said.

Blatter is being investigated by Swiss authorities for "criminal mismanagement" or "misappropriation" over a TV rights deal he signed with former Caribbean football chief Jack Warner in 2005 and of making an improper payment of £1.3 million to Uefa chief Michel Platini.

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