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Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as the of FIFA. The 79-year-old beat his only , Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, in a on Friday. Mr Blatter now has another four as the boss of football's body. In his victory speech, Blatter said: "I am the president now. The president of ." He was re-elected even though a major scandal emerged on Wednesday. Seven top FIFA officials were arrested. Mr Blatter was not one of them but many in football want him to resign. They say there have been too many at FIFA since he became president in 1998. The UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Blatter should quit and "the sooner the ".

Mr Blatter said he took for all that is wrong with FIFA and that he would bring change. He said he would work to put FIFA in a " position". However, the boss of England's Football Association Greg Dyke said: "I cannot see FIFA reforming under Blatter. He's had 16 years to reform it and he hasn't done it." In 16 years, Blatter took the World Cup to South Africa and put a lot of into building the in Asia and Africa. However, the name FIFA is now linked to scandal. FIFA's major sponsors Visa and Coca Cola are asking big . There are also many over why FIFA is doing so little about the 1,200 who have so far died to build the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

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