Japan FIFA official calls for 'pus' to be squeezed out

02 June 2015 - 11:34
By REUTERS

World soccer's scandal-hit governing body FIFA needs to have the 'pus' squeezed out of it but president Sepp Blatter will not be asked to resign by its executive committee, new Japanese committee member Kozo Tashima has told local media. Nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives have been charged by the US Department of Justice with running a criminal enterprise that involved more than $150 million in bribes.

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