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Ecclestone comes to Blatter's defence
Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone does not believe that FIFA president Sepp Blatter should have stepped down despite being caught up in a corruption scandal. Blatter is currently suspended pending a criminal investigation in relation to a payment he made to Michel Platini in 2011. Blatter's 17-year long reign at the helm of FIFA will end in February. Football's governing body is currently caught in a wide-ranging corruption scandal that has resulted in criminal investigations in the United States and Switzerland. Despite this, Ecclestone feels Blatter should not be removed from his post. 'I don’t think he should have ever stepped down, and I don’t think he should have ever been...
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