Fifa arrests round-up

Today has been a bit of blur, with news and snippets about the arrests of seven Fifa officials on suspicion of corruption coming in left, right and centre.
So, to help you make sense of it all (because we're nice like that) here is, in a nutshell, what's happened:

• US department of Justice says 14 defendants have been charged with "racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies" over a 24-year period.

• "The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States," says US attorney general Loretta Lynch.
• Four individual defendants and two corporate defendants have pleaded guilty.

• Fifa insists Friday's presidential election will go ahead as planned.

• Fifa spokesman Walter De Gregorio: "The president (Sepp Blatter) is not involved, how can you say he has to step down? He is the president, if he is re-elected then he is the president for the next four years."

• De Gregorio confirms the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will go ahead as planned in Russia and Qatar.