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

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