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FIFA to decide next week on crisis meeting

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FIFA's ruling council will next week discuss a possible emergency meeting over the corruption scandal engulfing football's world governing body, a spokeswoman said Friday.

The powerful head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) called for an urgent meeting of FIFA's executive committee after president Sepp Blatter was suspended on Thursday for 90 days over a Swiss criminal probe.

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