Lawyers

• FIFA faces more calls for transparency

  FIFA faced more calls for greater transparency on Friday when its own ethics investigator joined the critics and complained of a "disconnect" with the public.

• FIFA rejects report of telling US next in line to host 2022 World Cup after stripping Qatar rights

  According to Sam Borden of the New York Times, US Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati has denied the report that they were advised by FIFA being the next in line to win the hosting rights to the 2022 World Cup.