FA come under attack as Blatter wins by landslide

Evening Standard

England were left humiliated and isolated today as Sepp Blatter was ­re-elected by a landslide as president of FIFA.

Football Association chairman David Bernstein's brave, but ultimately futile, attempt to have the presidential election postponed failed spectacularly as the 61st Congress voted 172 to 17 against his proposal.

Blatter then promised reforms to FIFA and to the way the World Cup hosts will be chosen after the 2022 tournament in Qatar and later won his fourth term in office with a comprehensive vote after lunch.