Fifa’s Jérôme Valcke ‘released from duties’ after World Cup ticket claims

• Allegations that Valcke agreed to sell tickets above face value
• Fifa has requested formal investigation by Ethics Committee into Valcke
Football’s crisis-hit world governing body has dramatically released its secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, Sepp Blatter’s right-hand man since 2007, from his duties “until further notice” in the wake of allegations involving the resale of World Cup tickets.Fifa, in turmoil since a series of dramatic arrests in M