(ATR)FIFA is hoping the Women's World Cup, which kicked off in Edmonton on June 6, will deflect attention from the U.S. and Swiss investigationsnow looming over world football.
In this Sunday edition of ATRadio,Around the Ringsrecaps reaction to FIFA president Sepp Blatter's shock resignation, the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the upcoming one-month countdown to the Pan Am Games.
On June 2, Sepp Blatter sent shock waves throughout world football after announcing he will resign as FIFA president following an emergency extraordinary congress.
During the surprise press conference, Blatter said that FIFA will call an extraordinary congress "at the earliest opportunity," to elect a new president.
FIFA voted to re-elect Sepp Blatter for his fifth term at the helm of world football on May 29.
In the days leading up to the 65th FIFA Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice charged 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials with a total of 47 charges of racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering.
I spoke with World Football Insider editor and ATREuropean editor Mark Bisson just hours after Blatter's shock resignation on Tuesday.
Bisson said people are already predicting Michel Platini, the president of the Union of European Football Associations, could replace Blatter as FIFA president.
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup is underway in Canada.
The top three teams from UEFA will qualify to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.Twenty-four teams from six confederations are competing in 52 matches at the FIFA Women's World Cup this year.
ATR correspondent Bob Mackin, who is in Vancouver covering the start of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, said Canada 2015 organizers did their best to dodge questions about the scandal surrounding world football this week.
In Toronto, organizers of another major sports event are approaching a deadline.
The one-month countdown to the 2015 Pan American Games begins on June 10. I spoke with Teddy Katz, Toronto 2015 director of media relations, on Friday to discuss the road ahead for the team.
Coming up on Monday, June 8,ATRadio will feature an interview with Pierce O'Callaghan, Baku 2015 director of sport. O'Callaghanpreviews the final days leading up to the inaugural European Games.
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