Fifa
sponsors, including Visa, Coca-Cola and McDonald's, have welcomed Sepp Blatter's decision to resign as president of football's world governing
body.
Mr Blatter's decision to step down comes amid a corruption scandal.
However, both Visa and Coca-Cola repeated warnings that they expected a swift overhaul at Fifa.
And McDonald's said it hoped this would be the first step towards "gaining back trust from fans worldwide".
Last
week, Fifa was hit by the arrests of top officials on charges of
racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering as part of a US
prosecution that also indicted 14 people.
Mr Blatter was
subsequently re-elected, but on Tuesday resigned, saying that his
mandate "did not appear to be supported by everybody".
Visa said
it was encouraged "by the recognition by Fifa that extensive and
fundamental reform is needed as reflected by the announcement that
President Blatter is resigning". Read more on bbc.
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