FIFA whistle-blower Chuck Blazer dies of cancer

Chuck Blazer, a former FIFA official who became the main informant on corruption within football’s governing body, has died at the age 72.

Chuck Blazer, a former FIFA official who became the main informant on corruption within football’s governing body, has died at the age 72.

Blazer, whose evidence to US investigators was key in the FIFA corruption scandal, had been battling cancer.

Al Jazeera’s Elise Holman reports.