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An announcement about the first session of Fifa’s new reform panel has coincided perfectly with the world federation’s launch of ‘Operation Happy Sponsor’.

Last week Fifa confirmed the composition of the committee under the chairmanship of veteran Swiss lawyer Francois Carrard, a former director-general of the International Olympic Committee; separately yesterday a meeting designed to reassure nervous World Cup sponsors about a commitment to governance reform took place in Zurich.