Adidas Will Continue As FIFA Sponsor Despite Recent Controversy

adidas said that it "has agreed to continue sponsoring FIFA despite lingering concerns about the crisis engulfing world soccer's governing body." FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who was re-elected on Wednesday, "has been urging key sponsors to retain their trust in the organization" despite a bribery scandal in which two Exec Committee members were suspended. adidas in a statement said it "enjoys a long term partnership with FIFA as a sponsor and supplier around their events at all levels of the game and we have agreed to continue this partnership. ... We hope that FIFA will do its best to reach clarity on the allegations soon" (AP, 6/3).