FIFA's Blatter Hires US Lawyer For Corruption Probe

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has hired a high-powered U.S. lawyer to represent him as a corruption probe rocks soccer's global governing body, a person familiar with the matter said. Blatter recently retained Richard Cullen, the chairman of the law firm McGuireWoods and a former U.S. federal prosecutor, said the person, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity. Blatter, 79, announced on June 2 that he would stand down as FIFA president, only four days after he was reelected to the position,...