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Blatter stands down as FIFA president

02/06/2015 - 17:51

ZURICH (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term.

Blatter, 79, announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after the FBI raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several FIFA officials.

(Reporting by Brian Homewood, editing by Mitch Phillips:)