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Sepp Blatter has been [re-enacted / re-elected] as the president of FIFA. The 70-year-old beat his only [rivalry / rival] , Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, in a vote [on / at] Friday. Mr Blatter now has [another / other] four years as the boss of football's governing body. In his victory [speak / speech] , Blatter said: "I am the president [know / now] . The president of everybody." He was re-elected even [though / through] a major corruption scandal [emerged / emerging] on Wednesday. Seven top FIFA officials were arrested. Mr Blatter was not one of them but many people in football want him to [sign / resign] . They say there have been too many scandals at FIFA since he became president in 1998. The UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Blatter should quit and "the sooner the [good / better] ".

Mr Blatter said he [took / did] responsibility for all that is [mistake / wrong] with FIFA and that he would bring [change / changing] . He said he would work to put FIFA in a “strong position”. [However / Although] , the boss of England's Football Association Greg Dyke said: "I cannot see FIFA [forming / reforming] itself under Blatter. He's had 16 years to reform it and he hasn't [did / done] it." In those 16 years, Blatter [took / played] the World Cup to South Africa and put a lot of money into [built / building] the game in Asia and Africa. However, the name FIFA is now [frequently / frequent] linked to scandal. FIFA's major sponsors Visa and Coca Cola are asking big questions. There are also many concerns over why FIFA is doing [such / so] little about the 1,200 workers who have so far died to build the Qatar 2022 World Cup.


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