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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016 file photo, a view of the Luzhniki stadium, which is undergoing a major rebuild to be ready to host the 2018 World Cup final, in Moscow, Russia. FIFA has disbanded its anti-racism task force, declaring the work complete despite ongoing concerns about discriminatory behavior in 2018 World Cup host Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

APNewsBreak: FIFA disbands racism task force, says job done

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 5, 2016 file photo the stadium which will host some 2018 World Cup matches, under construction in St.Petersburg, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, July 18, 2016, has ordered officials in St. Petersburg to speed up construction of a trouble-plagued stadium, which is scheduled to host matches during the 2018 World Cup, including a semifinal. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, file)

IOC edict sharpens scrutiny on Russia as 2018 World Cup host

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

In this Dec. 19, 2014, file photo FIFA President Sepp Blatter attends a news conference in Marrakech, Morocco. Swiss attorney general's office confirms new raid Friday June 3, 21016, on FIFA, in ongoing investigations of Blatter and former FIFA secretary general Valcke. Both Blatter and Valcke deny wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, FILE)

FIFA says Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke, Markus Kattner got $80M over 5 years

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 file photo, Markus Kattner, FIFA acting Secretary General, attends a press conference at the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA has fired deputy secretary general Markus Kattner after allegedly uncovering financial wrongdoing during an internal investigation, it was reported Monday May 23, 2016. Kattner, who joined FIFA as director of finance in 2003, has been temporarily filling the top administrative job of world soccer's governing body since Jerome Valcke was suspended last year before being fired himself. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP, File)

FIFA fires finance director Kattner over bonus payments

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Newly elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino of Switzerland reacts during the extraordinary FIFA congress in Zurich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

In surprising outcome, Gianni Infantino elected next president of FIFA

By Rob Harris and Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

In this Friday, July 24, 2015, file photo, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke attends a press conference near Constantine (Konstantinovsky) Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the eve of the Preliminary draw for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. FIFA said Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, that Valcke was dismissed. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Jerome Valcke dismissed as FIFA secretary general

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives in a car at the FIFA headquarters &quot;Home of FIFA&quot; in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday morning, Dec. 17, 2015. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP)

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini banned by FIFA ethics court for 8 years

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug.21, 2015 file photo, then IAAF president Lamine Diack adjusts his headphones during a joint IOC and IAAF press conference on the side of the World Athletic Championships in Beijing. The French office that handles financial prosecutions says Wednesday Nov.4, 2015 Diack has been placed under investigation on corruption and money-laundering charges, suspected of taking money from Russia to hide doping positives. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Russia, track & field to be targeted in Pound’s WADA report

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 29, 2015 file photo FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter, right, walks past Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, left, and UEFA President Michel Platini, center, during the 65th FIFA Congress held at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland. In a FIFA election that is now more open than expected, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein has had to change strategy since Michel Platini was caught up in a corruption allegation, it was reported on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. Prince Ali struck a more cautious note in an interview with the Associated Press than the fighting talk he directed at Platini before the one-time election favorite was quizzed in a Swiss criminal investigation of a $2 million payment from FIFA in 2011. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP, File)

FIFA hopeful Ali takes diplomatic path to presidential goal

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Caitlyn Jenner accepts the Arthur Ashe award for courage at the ESPY Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Caitlyn Jenner among Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year

By Leanne Italie - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Feb 22, 2014, UEFA President Michel Platini gestures during a press conference, one day prior to the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying draw at the Acropolis Convention Centre in Nice, southeastern France. Seven men are in the running to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, with Michel Platini’s candidature pending because of his suspension from soccer. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, FILE)

A guide to the FIFA presidential candidates

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2006 file photo German soccer legend and head of the organizing committee for the 2006 soccer World Cup in Germany, Franz Beckenbauer, right, talks to Wolfgang Niersbach during a workshop in the build up for the World Cup in Düsseldorf, western Germany. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)

Beckenbauer ethics probe puts WC votes under scrutiny again

By ROB HARRIS and GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Domenico Scala, FIFA Audit and Compliance committee chairman, pictured on the occasion of a FIFA Executive Committee emergency meeting at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP)

FIFA official: Blatter-Platini ‘conflict of interest’ on pay

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA President Sepp Blatter, right, and UEFA President Michel Platini talk before the semi final soccer match between Real Madrid and Cruz Azul at the Club World Cup soccer tournament in Marrakech, Morocco, in this Dec. 16, 2014, file photo. On Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, file photo FIFA provisionally banned President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini for 90 days. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)

Michel Platini, suspended UEFA president: ‘I’m bullet-proof’

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FIFA President Sepp Blatter, right, and UEFA President Michel Platini talk before the semi final soccer match between Real Madrid and Cruz Azul at the Club World Cup soccer tournament in Marrakech, Morocco, in this Dec. 16, 2014, file photo. On Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, file photo FIFA provisionally banned President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini for 90 days. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)

Inside FIFA case: How Blatter, Platini could face long bans

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

In this June 1, 2011, file photo Swiss FIFA President Joseph Blatter, right, and French UEFA President Michel Platini walk together at the 61st FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)

FIFA suspends Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for 90 days

By Rob Harris and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2004 file photo Sepp Blatter, President of the FIFA, left, shakes hands with the President of the Venezuelan Soccer Federation, Rafael Esquivel, in Caracas, Venezuela. A senior South American soccer official has been denied bail on health grounds in Switzerland as he fights extradition to the United Sates after being indicted in the FIFA bribery case. CONMEBOL vice president Rafael Esquivel of Venezuela, one of seven soccer officials arrested in Zurich in May, is currently in hospital in Switzerland, the Federal Office of Justice told The Associated Press on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch, File)

Blatter awaiting fate after ethics committee investigation

By ROB HARRIS and SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

FIFA presidential contender Chung calls Blatter ‘hypocrite’

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Platini’s legal woes makes FIFA election more unpredictable

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA President Sepp Blatter drives his car into the garage of the FIFA headquarters on his way to work in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Blatter was questioned by Swiss investigators on Friday about why FIFA paid 2 million Swiss francs (about $2 million) to UEFA President Michel Platini in 2011 for work supposedly carried out at least nine years earlier. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Sepp Blatter’s lawyer says FIFA president ‘will not resign’ despite calls from major sponsors

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press