despite that, sepp blatter looks set to be reelected. but many inside the bus say change is unavoidable. -- inside fifa said changes unavoidable. the organization must start the cleanup now. >> i still believe the bad publicity that has happened in the last few months -- i still believe that can be overcome. but it needs a lot of image building. >> it is hard to imagine too many of these aging officials have heard of grace jones, but her warm-up for tomorrows main event provided a bizarre twist to what has been a surreal few days. >> in another development, the man whose allegations sparked the crisis appears to have survived an attempt to sack him. chuck blazer remains the secretary general of the governing body for north and central america and the caribbean. the active president roh yesterday, telling him he had been fired. but they backtracked, saying it was unauthorized. we are speaking to a chief football writer. is this tit-for-tat between jack warner and chuck blazer? >> it has really descended into force here. -- farce here. chu

fifa is poised to re-elect sepp blatter as president. they ignored late calls from england and scotland to postpone the vote. jack warner was suspended. he said blatter had to be stopped. >>> japan underestimated the risk of tsunamis and the hazard they create for nuclear plants. the international atomic energy agency highlights the problem that led to a crisis at the fukushima plant after an earthquake and tsunami in march. officials failed to plan for a tsunami and underestimated the risks at several nuclear sites. >>> for months we've been covering the uprising through the arab world. we've seen some governments change but others that responded with violence triggering waves of refugees. many of the people who tried to get away headed for the safety of a small italian island. >> reporter: when the boat people arrive at this italian island, many look lost, not even sure what country they're in. among the rescue workers to greet them is a man in a red jersey with big hair. he works with the aid organization save the children. he knows fi

all that suggests this is all simply about the internal politics of fifa and a way for sepp blatter todent, bashar al assad called for amnesty. the move reported by syrian television follows weeks of anti-government protests and continuing the repression by the security forces that have has left more than 1,000 people dead. >> an innocent caught up in a bloody conflict. the funeral of the 13-year-old who was allegedly tortured and killed by security forces. one of the youngest victims of this 10-week uprising, bringing this response from the u.s. >> i can only hope that, you know, this child did not die in vain but that the syrian government will end the brutality and begin a transition to real democracy. >> elsewhere, the protests continue. these demonstrations are the biggest challenge of president assad in his 11 years in power. now in a possible concession, the syrian leaders announced an amnesty for members of political groups. but it's not clear whether that includes thousands of protesters arrested in recent weeks. the opposition rejected the offer with a verdict too little, too

sepp blatter has been reelected as the head of fifa. he ran uncontested. the man who was running against him dropped out because of a bribery scandal. fifa is reeling from corruption allegations. >> in the end, there was no element at war revolt. sepp blatter was crowned as president of fifa for another four years and promised sweeping reforms. >> we will put the fifa and clear, transparent waters. we need some time to do it, but we will do it. >> to combat corruption, he vowed to overhaul the system used to choose world composts. >> -- world cup posts. >> it will not be the committee that decides where the world cup is held. the entire committee will decide. that despite the reelection, trouble brews behind the scenes at fifa. allegations persist that qatar bought the world cup. >>> joined now in the studio by are sortour soccer corresponded. is this good or bad for international soccer? >> he is a pulverized character. his credibility outside fifa a shaky at best. whether he has the credibility to push it home and changed fifa from the scandal the past f

body as long as it is run by dinosaurs the fifty year old also blasted last week's reelection of sepp blatter is president maradona says never kicked a football stadium criticism comes as maradona arrived in. to sign a reported two year deal with local also and while loving his new team the football legend was plastic but the game's prospects and confidence station. more impressive that he will stay until their one hundred five to one hundred and ten years old i hope they will resign him but don't be under any illusions that they will many people agree with me that many things are not clear in football these days and it's not something people who watch football deserve the situation will be to say well thought was wrong but people do not understand football when you have so much power you can do so many stupid things i just had a few thousand. tennis now a gnarly has become the first asian player to lift a trophy it's a grand slam event after the chinese beat last year's winner francesca schiavone in the women's final at the french open li held her now to take a comfortable six sport forty le

clearly showed no offense was committed a match took place on the same place before president sepp blatter launched his zero tolerance campaign against corruption. well former argentina coach diego maradona has hit back at fever and corruption willing that you. football's governing body as long as it is run by dinosaurs the fifty year old also blasted last week's reelection of sepp blatter as president maradona says never kicked a football a scathing criticism comes as maradona arrived in dubai to sign a reported two year deal with local club on muscle and while loving his new team the football legend was policy optimistic about the game's prospects under the current administration. he will stay until they are one hundred five one hundred ten you thought i hope they will resign and don't be under any illusions that there will be many people agree with me that many things are not clear and. it's not something people who watch football deserve if you choose you will be a real food was run by people who do not understand football when you have so much power you can do so many stupid things an

it is run by dinosaurs the fifty year old also blasted last week's reelection as president of sepp blatter who maradona says never kicked a football scathing criticism comes as narrow donna arrived in dubai just signed a reported two year deal with local club our arsenal. there is now another lee has become the first asian player to lift a trophy at a grand slam event after the chinese beat last year's winner francesca schiavone in the women's final of the french open li held her nerve to take a comfortable six or forty lead in just over an hour but only battles her way back into the match sturdy italian took the next three games can propel herself into a second set lead however this that would serve after that event completely by the time break so you do need to love and so the match now ali felt flat on her back to celebrate the historic victory and new state and national heroine to go one better than her defeat to kim clijsters in the australian open final this year it was only first title and her first on clay absolutely twenty nine year old time to a career high ranking of well from b

sepp blatter emerged from wednesday's presidential election unscathed and is promising to transform fifae next four years to come. >> thank you very much. fifa president sepp blatter said he expected football's world governing body to reunite after his unopposed re-election in zurich. the 75-year-old announced fifa could clean up its act and be more transparent after months of corruption allegations and he dismissed allegations that the main sponsors would pull away. coca-cola and adidas expressed concern around fifa and said there must be reform and blatter said leave it to him. >> we've had contact with the sponsors, and specifically through our marketing division and secretary-general and myself was in contact with two of the main sponsors in fifa, and they told us we trust you, but please bring back this fifa or this boat of fifa in better waters. >> reporter: the waters have been so choppy that the english fa proposed to delay the votes for other candidates to challenge blatter and give voters a choice. but 172 of 206 delegates opted against the proposal. so blatter gets the fourth

. >> and in other news, fifa president sepp blatter has been re-elected for his fourth term as the head of the governi inin body of football. he won 186 out of 206 votes in an election to fifa's congress in zurich, switzerland on wednesday. blatter's sole challenger dropped out of the race last week. his withdrawal followed a tipoff from a fifa whistleblower that bin hammam tried to buy votes. last year, several of fifa's executives were suspended after media reports that they demanded money for their votes on the host nation's of the 2018 and 2022 world cup finals. blatter is a 75-year-old swiss national. he was fifa's secretary general before becoming president in 1998. >> now we are going into a new period of the fifa transparency and sffifa controlling system. this is already a yellow card around the room. >>> in the u.s., many high schools and junior highs hold graduation proms in may and june. for the young women, part of the attraction is dressing up in a gorgeous evening dress, but for some, the ongoing recession makes it impossible to splurge on an expensive gown. in new york,

today, sepp blatter, was elected president after running unopposed.they have already announced a change in the way the future presidents will be selected. what does this mean for fans of the game? for more, we went a writer for sports illustrated. i started by asking what went wrong with his candidacy. >> i ran as an outside candidate. >> you seriously tried this? >> zero, absolutely. i did not get one nomination by an fa by april 1. >> you say you would have linked -- he would if launched the equivalent of wikileaks? >> i would have done exactly that. i would have released every document to the public. that was only part of it. i was going to order a full independent investigation from top to bottom. that is the only way the public is ever going to find out if fifa is clean or not. >> how important is the issue of cleanliness with this particular body? defenders would say, hang on and that, it is under his regime that global football has gone from strength to strength in terms of endorsements, public interest. what is bad about that? >> i do think he

>>reporter: sepp blatter has just been re-elected, unopposed to another 4 year term as president of world football's governing body fifa. but his election was preceded by unprecedented infighting, sparked by allegations of corruption within the organisation. these allegations included accusations that certain fifa members had essentially sold their votes to countries bidding to host upcoming worldcups. blatter has denied the organisation is in crisis. but has fifa's image been seriously tarnished, and what effect could this have on the game of football itself? >>reporter: whether the headlines talk of bribery or backhanders, corruption or crisis....over the last few months, the press reports concerning fifa have made grim reading... >>krishnan:it's tragic that we have this situation now and this underscores the need for urgent reforms to set things right. >>reporter: in the short term...the negative publicity has seriously effected public perception of fifa's brand quality, reputation and value... >>britton: with fifa what we found when the initial scandal, choose your words, broke was th

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replays clearly showed no offense has committed by the match was on the same day three for president sepp blatter launched a zero tolerance campaign against corruption. by russia will be without star striker alexander khurshid cawthorne i qualify with armenia he pulled out of training yesterday after a recurrence of a knee injury it's a blow to russia to caprica he's hoping to end his side's five month when a streak and has called on andrey arshavin to lift the team in st petersburg with nor is robert daniels. the confidence of the strong there's the way russia looked during their training session ahead of saturday's crucial euro two thousand and twelve qualifier against armenia that holds sure the group believes with ireland and slovakia so grabbing in those three points at home is a must although a closer look at the situation shows it's far from being that simple russia have only managed to win one game out of their last boy and they feel to score a goal in their previous meeting with armenia on march the twenty six and more only keen to claim a draw over this time around the teams will still

replays clearly showed no offense was committed the match took place on the same day fever president sepp blatter is zero tolerance campaign against corruption. can is not and the weather could be a factor in the women's final at the french open where both defending champion francesca schiavone and challenger gnarly are out to make history rain wind have been forecast in french capital but it's weather permitting the match will go ahead in ten minutes or so all this give only is vying to become the first woman to retain her title without winning a single tournament in between the thirty year old became the first italian woman to win a grandson last year and china's gnarly is out to become the first asian to claim a major crown on our courts and will crack the top five in the rankings for the first time we've got a list of the results. now roger federer says playing against rafael nadal is the french open final but he wanted the swiss set up a clash by ending novak djokovic is forty three game unbeaten run the pressure was on top of which before the semifinal had started so he knew victory would s

let's move on to the number two nation and it counts sepp blatter among the mill their club.der 10% of households in switzerland have $1 million in assets. the future world cup host qatar taking the number three spot, 8.9% of residents pass the millionaire marketer and i can reveal i'm not amongst that percentage in hong kong that are in the millionaire club. >> you know plenty of millionaires here in london, as well. sadly i'm not one of them either. there you go. >>> coming up next, deep and meaningful, the titanic may have sunk nearly 100 years ago but that doesn't mean you can't visit it. >>> we'll be one on one with a fashion designer who's taken the creations to the film industry. >>> chinese premier swapped his business suit for a gym suit on tuesday to play some hoops with elementary school students. he told the sixth graders at a beijing school that china will have a good future only if its children are healthy. he showed off a pretty good dribble and led the children in call sthetices. welcome back. >>> so it's the first day of the atlantic hurricane season and fore