Ten years have passed since the dawn of a new era in international football, marked by a seismic scandal that shook the very foundations of the sport. In May 2015, Swiss authorities raided a luxury hotel in Zurich, where top FIFA officials were meeting to vote on the host country for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The raid exposed a staggering web of corruption, bribery, and vote-trading that implicated some of the most powerful figures in world football. As the full extent of the scandal became clear, FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his deputy Michel Platini were eventually banned from the sport, sparking a long and painful reform process that continues to this day.
Fifa scandal ten years on: Hotel raid that exposed depth of crisis The Times
