Best of Blatter headlines: ‘Down goes the tyrant’

Declan Hill, author of ‘The Fix’, joins Prime Time Sports to discuss Sepp Blatter’s resignation and who may have put pressure of the ex-FIFA president to step down.

Sepp Blatter announced on Tuesday that he was resigning as FIFA president, days after being re-elected for a fifth term.

Blatter spent 17 years in the role and his resignation comes after the pressure from the ongoing investigations by the FBI and Swiss authorities. The investigations have led to 18 FIFA officials being charged for racketeering, bribery and corruption.

Here is some of the best front-page coverage of Blatter’s resignation from newspapers around the world on Wednesday, as compiled by @thegoalkeeper.

The New York Daily News, U.S.
The Irish Sun, Ireland
The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Times, U.K.
The Times, South Africa
De Telegraaf, Netherlands
Record, Mexico
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italy
L’Équipe, France
El Gráfico, El Salvador
Lance! Brazil
Metro, Brazil
La Razon, Argentina
Clarín, Argentina

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