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		</div><p>FIFA has handed over a second batch of computer data to the Swiss attorney general’s office, which is investigating the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.</p>
<p>The Swiss prosecutors first seized computer data two weeks ago and has now asked for more to be provided.</p>
<p>FIFA said in a statement: ”As confirmed by the office of the Swiss attorney general, FIFA has provided the requested IT data.”</p>
<p>One of the seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich on corruption charges two weeks ago has applied for bail. The seven are in custody pending extradition to the United States.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, FIFA has postponed the announcement of the the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup due to the corruption crisis that has engulfed the organisation.</p>
<p>The world governing body has also confirmed a decision on the date of the congress to elect Sepp Blatter’s successor as president will be made in July.</p>
<p>December 16 is the favourite option, while FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has defended his involvement in a $10m payment from South Africa to Jack Warner via FIFA’s executive office.</p>
<figure id="attachment_75517" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75517" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image136.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image136.jpg" alt="Jerome Valcke" width="600" height="325" class="size-full wp-image-75517" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-75517" class="wp-caption-text">Jerome Valcke</figcaption></figure>
<p>Blatter announced he would resign last Tuesday – four days after he was re-elected for a fifth term – following corruption charges against FIFA officials that caused the biggest crisis in the world governing body’s history.</p>
<p>FIFA had been due to reveal details of the 2026 World Cup bidding process this week, building up to a vote at the 2017 Congress in Kuala Lumpur but has not postponed that announcement.</p>
<p>Valcke attended a Russia 2018 World Cup organising committee board meeting in Samara, in Russia’s Volga region, where he confirmed details on the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup – which was due to be announced this week – had been postponed.</p>
<p>He also defended FIFA’s handling of the $10m payment to a Caribbean Football Union account controlled by Warner, the former FIFA vice-president whose deputy Chuck Blazer has pleaded guilty in court of taking some of the money as a bribe to vote for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup.</p>
<p>The payment followed a 2008 letter from the South African Football Association (SAFA) to Valcke asking for the money to be deducted for the World Cup budget and sent as a legacy programme to be administered by Warner.</p>
<p>Valcke told a news conference in Samara: ”It was not FIFA’s money&#8230; it was a request from official South African authorities and SAFA. As long as it is in line with rules we do it.“</p>
<p>In another development, former Brazil player and coach Zico has confirmed he intends to stand for the presidency of FIFA, insisting it is his “duty”.</p>
<p>The 62-year-old told a press conference in Rio de Janeiro: ”It’s sad for our sport to see what is happening in football today – the corruption&#8230; and the hard work of many other good people wasted.</p>
<p>”I see it as my duty to use my experience and knowledge to try and stand for the presidency.”</p>
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