Less than a day before FIFA’s elections, the group’s beleaguered president Sepp Blatter is facing growing pressure to speak out or resign following Wednesday’s arrests in Switzerland of top executives from the world football organization. Major sponsors threatened to take action in response to the crisis. Visa, McDonald’s, The Coca-Cola Company, Adidas, Budweiser and Hyundai all released statements following the dramatic arrests yesterday of seven senior FIFA officials…

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