AlHijjah 19, 1436, Oct 3, 2015, SPA -- Chronology of corruption allegations around directed against the ruling football body FIFA, after the opening of criminal proceedings against FIFA president Joseph Blatter, dpa reported. October 20, 2010: FIFA executives Reynald Temarii (Tahiti) and Amos Adamu (Nigeria) are suspended over allegations they were ready to sell their vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. November 18, 2010: Six FIFA officials are sanctioned over the allegations. November 29, 2010: New corrution allegations against executives Ricardo Teixeira (Brazil), Nicolas Leoz (Paraguay) and Issa Hayatou (Cameroon). December 2, 2010: The FIFA executive elects Russia hosts of the 2018 World Cup and Qatar hosts of the 2022 World Cup. December 6, 2010: FIFA vice-president Julio Grondona of Argentina is accused of having received 67 million dollars from Qatar. May 10, 2011: Former FA chief David Triesman accuses Teixeira, Leoz, FIFA vice-president Vize Jack Warner (Trinidad and Tobago) and Worawi Mukudi (Thailand), to have made illegal demands ahead of the World Cup vote. June 20, 2011: Warner resigns from all football functions. October 21, 2011: FIFA sets up commissions and calls in external experts in the wake of major corruption allegations. July 17, 2012: Former US attorney Michael Garcia and German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert are named chairmen of the two chambers of the new FIFA ethics commission. November 22, 2013: Blatter alleges that Germany and France put political pressure on executives because they have economic interests in Qatar. June 1, 2014: The Sunday Times reports that former executive Mohammed bin Hammam of Qatar paid 5 million dollars to officials to ensure their support. September 5, 2014: Garcia presents his report to FIFA and wants it published. October 17, 2014: FIFA decides not to publish Garcia-report in full. November 13, 2014: Eckert submits his report, which Russia and Qatar are cleared to host the tournaments. Garcia objects to the report. December 16, 2014: Garcia resigns after FIFA dismisses his objections. May 27, 2015: Swiss police arrest seven high-ranking officials, including then FIFA vice-presidents Jeffrey Webb and Eugenio Figueredo, in Zurich as part of a US probe directed against 14 people. Switzerland says it is also conducting a probe of its own on around the 2018 and 2022 World Cup vote. May 29, 2015: Blatter is re-elected for a fifth term as FIFA president. June 2, 2015: The New York Times reports that US authorities believe secretary general Jerome Valcke authorised a 10-million dollar payment to an account controlled by Warner. The money comes from 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa. June 2, 2015: Blatter announces he will step down at an extraordinary FIFA congress. July 2, 2015: US authorities issue formal extradition requests to Switzerland concerning the seven arrested officials. July 19, 2015: Webb pleads not guilty in the US to the charges. September 14, 2015: US Attorney General Loretta Lynch says at a joint news conference with Swiss prosecutor Michael Lauber that there could be further arrests. September 17, 2015: Valcke is released from all his duties with immediate effect in connection with corruption allegations. September 24, 2015: FIFA agrees to give Swiss authorities access to Valcke's email accounts, after initially stating this was subject to certain conditions. September 25, 2015: Swiss Attorney General announces opening of criminal proceedings against Blatter on suspicion of "criminal mismanagement as well as - alternatively - misappropriation" in connection with a contract with the Caribbean football union, and a disloyal payment to UEFA boss Michel Platini. Blatter is interrogated and his office searched and data seized. Platini is also asked to provide information. October 2, 2015: FIFA sponsors Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Visa and Budweiser issue separate statements calling for Blatter's immediate resignation as president. -- SPA 02:19 LOCAL TIME 23:19 GMT تغريد
