Sepp Blatter faces a criminal investigation, Swiss officials say

Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of the world football body, Fifa.
The attorney general’s office said Blatter was being investigated “on suspicion of criminal mismanagement as well as – alternatively – on suspicion of misappropriation”.
Blatter was being questioned and his office was searched, it added.
Fifa said it was co-operating with the Swiss attorney general.
The Swiss attorney general’s office said the investigation surrounds a TV rights deal Blatter signed with former Caribbean football chief, Jack Warner, in 2005.
Blatter is also suspected of making a “disloyal payment” in 2011 to UEFA President, Michel Platini, the statement said.
In May, seven Fifa officials were arrested in Zurich on corruption charges by US authorities.
Blatter won a fifth consecutive Fifa presidential election on May 29, but following claims of corruption, announced his decision to step down on June 2.
He is due to leave the role at a Fifa extraordinary congress on February 26.