"<a href=""http://cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/05/27/football.blatter.fifa.bin.hammam/"">FIFA says it will expand its corruption probe to include Blatter,</a> after Bin Hammam claimed Blatter knew about cash payments he was accused of giving to national football association in exchange for pro-Hammam votes during Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid. Blatter maintains that the allegations are ""without substance,"" and two days later is exonerated by FIFA's Ethics Committee."