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　　Sepp Blatter won a fifth term as FIFA president,while people around the world called for him toresign. The soccer organization has been rockedthis week by arrests and corruption charges.

　　The 65th FIFA annual congress took place in Zurich,Switzerland. It is the same city where U.S. and Swiss authorities arrested senior FIFA officialsat their luxury hotel two days ago.

　　The voting went beyond the first round before Mr. Blatter's only opponent, Prince Ali bin alHussein of Jordan, gave up and said Mr. Blatter had won. The U.S. and European organizationsbacked Prince Ali and had called for change at the top of FIFA.

　　The 79-year-old Mr. Blatter has been the leader of FIFA since 1998. Several current vice-presidents under Mr. Blatter are among the 14 officials charged with corruption. The U.S.government says the crimes date back 24 years. Mr. Blatter says he did not do anything wrong,and he has not been charged with any crimes.

　　After winning the vote, Mr. Blatter said, "I am not perfect, nobody is perfect." He added that he"takes the responsibility to bring back FIFA."

　　Calls for Blatter to step down

　　In Berlin before the vote, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron called for Mr. Blatter to stepdown, saying "the sooner that happens the better." Mr. Cameron said, "you cannot haveaccusations of corruption at this level and on this scale in this organization and pretend thatthe person currently leading it is the right person to take it forward."

　　Two major European football associations also had called on Mr. Blatter to resign beforeFriday's election. But he refused to do so. Instead, Mr. Blatter called for unity among the FIFAmembers and he promised to work to overcome the group's problems if he is re-elected.

　　Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the U.S. corruption case. In televised comments hesaid that the case is an attempt by the U.S. to spread its legal control to other countries.American law says that if some part of the crime took place in the United States, then U.S.officials can arrest foreign citizens involved in those crimes.

　　Mr. Putin also said it was an "obvious attempt" by the U.S. to prevent Mr. Blatter's reelectionas FIFA president. Russia supports Mr. Blatter as head of FIFA.

　　More investigations on FIFA ahead

　　The U.S. Justice Department charged 14 people with racketeering, wire fraud and moneylaundering, among other offenses. All of these crimes, officials say go back to 1991. Thedefendants are alleged to have paid well over $150 million in bribes and kickbacks. They madethose payments so they could get media and marketing rights to international soccertournaments.

　　In addition to the U.S. case, Swiss authorities are conducting a separate investigation. Theyare looking into charges connected to the awarding of the 2018 World Cup to Russia and 2022World Cup to Qatar.

　　Germany's Justice Minister Heiko Maas spoke to the German daily Bild on Friday. He said thoseWorld Cup decisions can't stand if it turns out that votes were bought. Qatar said its bid forthe World Cup was done with "integrity."

　　Britain's Serious Fraud Office said Friday it is examining information about possible corruptionat FIFA. But it has not begun a formal criminal investigation. The United Nations is reviewing itspartnerships with FIFA following the corruption reports, a U.N. spokesman said Thursday.

　　Businesses to review sponsorships

　　Meanwhile, business sponsors are saying they might pull their support of the soccerorganization. The credit card company Visa issued a statement expressing "profound"disappointment. Without reforms, Visa said, the company would look at its sponsorship ofFIFA.

　　Coca-Cola said it has repeatedly expressed concerns about the allegations. It said it expectsFIFA to thoroughly examine the issues. Adidas called on the soccer organization to "followtransparent compliance standards in everything they do." Budweiser and McDonald's also arereconsidering their sponsorships.

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