LONDON: Former England captain David Beckham has described the corruption allegations swirling around world governing body FIFA as "despicable, unacceptable and awful".

The scandal, which has seen Sepp Blatter step down as FIFA president, plunged to new depths on Wednesday with former executive committee member Chuck Blazer's admission that he took or handled bribes during the bidding process for the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, awarded to France and South Africa respectively.

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