US judge unsure how to pronounce 'FIFA'

A US judge was stumped when he came to read out the charges against Chuck Blazer, finding himself unable to pronounce "FIFA".

FIFA may be famous throughout the world. But in the Brooklyn court room of US District Judge Raymond J. Dearie, not so much.

During the November plea hearing of former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer, Dearie told the defendant: "There are 10 changes, if I am not mistaken, 10 charges in total."

Blazer, the former No.2 of football's governing body in North and Central America and the Caribbean, responded: "That is correct," according to a transcript unsealed on Wednesday.

Dearie then was stumped by the acronym used by the Federation Internationale de Football Association.

"I don't know how you pronounce it," the judge said.