FIFA still resistant to change, says former official


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 13 Sep 2017

FILE PHOTO - A traffic sign stands in front of FIFA's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland October 3, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

LONDON (Reuters) - FIFA is struggling to implement reforms and change its operating culture because its leaders are more worried about their own political futures, a former top official said on Wednesday.

The global soccer body has been trying to overhaul its operations in the wake of the worst crisis in its history, sparked in 2015 by the indictment in the United States of several dozen soccer officials on corruption-related charges.

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