According to a BBC's Panorama, credible evidence link FIFA president Sepp Blatter's election with vote corruption. The programe is revealing a widespread corruption case in which huge sums exchanged hands.

According to the programe, CONCACAF Football Executive and FIFA Vice-President Jack Austin Warner took huge bribes in return for the votes of 30 Football Associations he controls.

BBC's Andrew Jennings has been intentionally banned by FIFA from all FIFA press conferences and FIFA venues, such as the World Cup. The officials from the World Football's "Governing Body" do not comment on the allegations and with silly excuses they constantly change the subject.

This comes after a series of allegations were made the past few years, but which mr Blatter has declined to say anything when asked by reporters, an attitude which looks very suspicious to many press representatives, including us.

The news could spell big trouble for FIFA, especially while we are in the first few days of the World Cup 2006 in Germany.

The allegations provide evidence that the so called "Football Development" programmes of FIFA in African and other developing countries are operated as a cover-up for a multi million (possibly billion) dollar buyout of votes from the CONCACAF confederation.

There are many decisions of FIFA in the past which have caused controversy and several measures to maximise the earnings of FIFA's tournaments. Although FIFA says that this money is used to develop football in poor counties, it is people like Jack Warner that enjoy a lavish life in Trinidad & Tobago, while the country's youth lack even the basic facilities to learn football.

Authorities in Switzerland, although did not confirm towards which individual their investigation about a particular bribing case which involved a payment of over one million pounds (sterling) which was pocketed by FIFA officials in order to favour particular sponsors for the World Cup.

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