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Fallout from Sepp Blatter's re-election continues

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The fallout from Sepp Blatter's re-election as president of scandal-plagued FIFA continued on Saturday with Football Association vice-president David Gill confirming he would not take up his post on FIFA's elite Executive Board.

The 57-year-old Englishman -- who was a well respected chief executive of Manchester United from 2003-2013 -- said he did not think being the British vice-president of FIFA would do his reputation any good while it is headed by Blatter and plagued by corruption investigations.

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