Some have seized on Dan Tan's continuing freedom as proof that Singapore isn't interested in fighting football corruption.
"Singapore and FAS have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to match-fixing and football corruption which includes the imposition of permanent suspension from all football activities on any player or official convicted in a court of law for football corruption offences, " the FAS said in a statement.
Mr Teixeira has kept his position at the top of Brazilian football despite previous corruption claims.
In December, Turkish lawmakers adopted an amendment designed to soften sentencing guidelines introduced earlier in the year to punish those found guilty of corruption in football.
In his interview with CNN, Blatter, who was re-elected unopposed as the head of world football despite allegations of corruption surrounding the voting process for the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, championed his organization's commitment to tackling racism.
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Previously AC Milan were excluded from the Champions League in 2006 following the investigation in to corruption in Italian football that saw Juventus relegated.
An increasingly acrimonious climax to campaigning saw Spanish and Russian officials issue veiled attacks on the British media for reports of alleged corruption in world football's governing body.
"When anything unexpected happens in Russian football there are allegations of conspiracy and corruption because, even as President Medvedev admitted, the country is blighted by corruption, " said Bennetts.
Retired from football, he continued to campaign against the corruption rampant in the game.
He has also worked as anti-corruption consultant for a number of European football associations.
In 2009 the Chinese Football Association (CFA) launched an investigation into corruption in 2009 in an attempt to clean up their game.
In a football-crazy country, there is money, patronage and corruption in all this and, since Iran has only two private-sector teams, most of it is politically controlled.
Officials in the world of football have said all countries and organisations must do more to tackle corruption.
Brazilian Football Federation president Ricardo Teixeira stood down in March 2012 amid allegations of corruption, while concerns have been raised over whether stadia will be ready on time.
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Police have so far made 22 arrests - 16 referees, five club officials and one match commissioner - since mid-June after the South Africa Football Association (Safa) requested a probe into repeated media allegations of corruption.
Allegations of corruption linked to gambling have long damaged the reputation of Chinese football, but the acquisition of Ivory Coast star Drogba, fresh from helping Chelsea to win the 2012 European Champions League, was seen as a major coup.
Most of the concerns about gambling corruption nowadays stem either from India (cricket) or China (football), and in both countries gambling is illegal.
Corruption has inevitably infected the notion of team sport in China, and American football has no special immunity.
"Acts of corruption violated national laws, and did serious damage to the image of Chinese football, " said a statement on the CFA's official website.
Singapore's anti corruption agency, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), has said it is investigating three Lebanese football officials.
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