Key sponsors of Fifa have expressed “serious concern” after the US accused senior officials of football’s governing body of racketeering، fraud and money laundering.
Coca-Cola said the World Cup had been “tarnished” by “lengthy controversy”.
Seven top officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday، among a group of 14 people indicted.
The European body، Uefa، is to meet later to decide whether to boycott Friday’s vote for the presidency.
Fifa on Wednesday announced a provisional banfrom football-related activity on 11 of the people involved in the US prosecution.
But it said Friday’s vote – in which Fifa president Sepp Blatter is seeking a fifth term – would go ahead.
Mr Blatter، who has not been named in the investigations، issued a statement on the US case، saying: “Such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game.”
Swiss prosecutors have also opened a separate investigation into the bidding process for the World Cup tournaments in 2018 in Russia and 2022 in Qatar.
Source: BBC / Al Jazeera