FIFA turns to Olympic reformer

FIFA on Tuesday appointed Swiss lawyer Francois Carrard, who helped restore the Olympic movement's credibility after the Salt Lake City scandal, to lead the reform committee of world soccer's governing body.

Carrard, 77, previously guided the International Olympic Committee through its own governance reforms in the wake of the bribery scandal-hit 2002 Winter Olympics.

FIFA is reeling from its own corruption turmoil after seven soccer officials were arrested in a raid on a Zurich hotel on the eve of a FIFA congress in May.