IOC head: FIFA should learn from Olympic example

The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach said Monday he hoped FIFA, world football’s governing body, be inspired by earlier reforms carried out at the Lausanne-based organization. Bach told a sports conference in Kitzbuehel, Austria, “The IOC carried out reforms in many areas 15 years ago. If another sports organisation wants to do the same, we wouldn't mind and we'd even welcome it.” The IOC was forced to carry out changes following a wide-reaching corruption scandal emerged surrounding the designation of Salt Lake City in the United States as the 2002 Winter Olympics venue. A former director-general of the IOC, the 77-year old François Carrard, was selected this summer to head FIFA’s reform task force. He helped lead the Olympic organization amid corruption allegations over the 2002 attribution. Critics have questioned how the task force now headed by Carrard, comprised of FIFA-appointed officials can remain independent. Shared ...