Ex-Blatter deputy fired

Valcke 'terminated' for alleged role in 2014 ticket scam

FIFA on Wednesday said it had fired Sepp Blatter's former right-hand man, Jerome Valcke, the latest casualty in a multi-layered scandal that has brought down the most powerful figures in world soccer.

Valcke was FIFA's general-secretary for nearly a decade, working alongside the body's then-president Blatter, who has been banned for eight years over an ethics violation.