Questions and answers about the indictments of 14 soccer officials and marketing executives, including top FIFA officials, on corruption charges.
u25a0 The embattled Sepp Blatter struck a familiarly defiant tone as he began his fifth term as president of FIFA, telling reporters late on Friday and on Saturday that the United States authorities chose last week to make a raid in Zurich as an attempt to stop him from being re-elected. Mr. Blatter said the arrests of 14 soccer and marketing officials had stemmed from resentment by England and the United States, which failed in bids to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.