Judge Adriana Costa dos Santos has reversed her ruling that the stadium was unsafe

Summer heats could see tournament moved

Sepp Blatter hints at vote re-run, although Fifa move to clarify comments

Fifa have invited tenders to provide the system

Visiting players claim there were threatened with guns by security officials

Technology will eventually be rolled out across all major competitions

Fifa president Sepp Blatter said yesterday that racism in football does not exist, and that any altercations on the pitch where racist language is used could be resolved by a handshake.

Fifa has climbed down over its decision to ban the England football team from wearing remembrance poppies and will now allow players to display them.

England will not be allowed to wear poppies on their shirts for Saturday's friendly against Spain after Fifa rejected a second request from the Football Association for what the world governing body termed "embroidery on the match shirt".

Sepp Blatter has admitted Fifa made "horrific" mistakes as football's governing body became dogged by consistent allegations of corruption over the last year. In a speech in Zurich today Blatter, Fifa's president, will defend the steps being taken towards reform and promise they will deliver telling change.

Football's governing authorities are considering radical new plans designed to force the richest clubs to give home-grown players more of a chance to make the grade.

Hearts' players yesterday received wages which had been due on 16 October.

An independent investigation into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups should still be carried out despite a whistle-blower retracting allegations that Qatar paid bribes to Fifa members, a committee of MPs said yesterday.

Fifa yesterday opened cases against another 10 officials from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) related to the now infamous meeting held in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in May this year.