Sepp Blatter Refuses To Give Evidence

Sepp Blatter has declined an invitation to give evidence about World Cup bidding allegations to a Parliamentary committee.

The FIFA President has told the MPs on the culture, media and sport committee that they are focusing on their own investigation into claims of bribery.

The Sunday Times published allegations that two FIFA executive committee members were paid $1.5 million to vote for Qatar 2022.

A FIFA spokesman says: "FIFA has immediately asked both the Football Association and the Sunday Times for a report on this matter.

"With this in mind, FIFA has informed the culture, media and sport committee that it is focusing on its own investigation and that there is therefore no need for the FIFA president to attend the committee."