The International Olympic Committee has urged FIFA to introduce reforms that could rid the organisation of corruption in the wake of the vote-selling allegations that have rocked soccer.
More than a decade after the IOC was plunged into crisis following revelations about the awarding of the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City, FIFA is facing similar allegations of vote-selling and unethical behaviour in the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Two FIFA executive committee members have already been suspended and two of the bid candidates are being investigated over allegations of collusion, prompting cries of foul and calls for an independent investigation.
IOC President Jacques Rogge said on Sunday he had been in contact with FIFA President Sepp Blatter since the revelations were made public and supported his decision to launch a probe.
”I had a discussion with Mr Blatter,” Rogge told reporters on Tuesday at the end of an IOC executive board meeting in Acapulco.
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