THE FIFA CORRUPTION CONTROVERSY AT A GLANCE
* WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
The United States has charged 14 soccer officials and marketing executives with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies.
* WHAT ARE THE ALLEGATIONS?
That over a 24-year period, those charged conspired to solicit and receive more than $US150 million ($A194 million) in bribes and kickbacks, in exchange for their support of marketing executives who agreed to make the illegal payments.
* WHERE WERE THE ARRESTS MADE?
Seven FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich, Switzerland, ahead of the FIFA congress and presidential election.
* WHO ARE THE SEVEN FIFA OFFICIALS?
Jeffrey Webb (FIFA vice-president and executive committee member from the Cayman Islands); Eugenio Figueredo (FIFA vice-president and executive committee member from Uruguay); Eduardo Li (FIFA executive committee member-elect and Costa Rica Football Association president); Julio Rocha (FIFA development officer and president of the Nicaragua FA); Costas Takkas (attache to the CONCACAF president); Rafael Esquivel (CONMEBOL executive committee member and Venezuela FA president); Jose Maria Marin (former president of the Brazilian FA)
* WHAT IS AUSTRALIA'S INVOLVEMENT
No direct link. But Australia remains disappointment at its failed bid to host the 2022 World Cup, which received just one vote in a process unexpectedly won by Qatar.
* WHAT IS FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA'S REACTION?
The FFA is reviewing the developments ahead of the FIFA congress. FFA chief David Gallop is in Zurich, with chairman Frank Lowy to arrive soon.
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