Former FIFA executive Chuck Blazer has admitted to accepting bribes over the selections of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.

Blazer made the revelations before a United States court in 2013 but they have only now been made public.

He said that during his association with FIFA he agreed he "would commit at least two acts of racketeering activity".

The bribes related to the selection of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, in France and South Africa respectively.

"I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup," Blazer's testimony read.

"I agreed with other persons in or around 1992 to facilitate the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup.

"Among other things, my actions described above had common participants and results.

"I and others, while acting in our official capacities, agreed to participate in a scheme to defraud FIFA and CONCACAF of the right to honest services by taking undisclosed bribes."

Blazer also admitted that between 2005 and 2010 he did not pay income taxes in an attempt to conceal the additional income.

South Africa had denied that a payment of $US10 million ($12.88 million) to disgraced Trinidad and Tobago representative Jack Warner during its successful bid for the 2010 World Cup was a bribe.

Sports minister Fikile Mbalula on Wednesday told a news conference that neither South Africa's government nor the 2010 World Cup bid and organising committee bought votes for the right to host the finals.

It follows last week's indictment filed by US prosecutors that alleges world football's governing body paid the sum to the Caribbean Football Union, headed by Warner.

FIFA issued a statement on Tuesday saying that in 2007, as part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the South African government approved a $US10 million project to support the African diaspora in Caribbean countries.

However, the US indictment says the money — an alleged bribe from South Africa for the World Cup — was shared by Warner and other CONCACAF members in return for their votes.

American millionaire Blazer had held a position on the FIFA executive committee from 1996 to 2013, but his career was chequered with extensive allegations of corruption.

The news follows the shock resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter in a stunning capitulation to critics as a mounting corruption scandal engulfs the organisation.

US media reported Blatter was being investigated by the FBI and US prosecutors as part of the probe that led to last week's indictments of seven senior officials.

AFP mulling investigation into Australia's 2022 bid

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says it is deciding whether to launch an investigation into Australia's bid to host the football World Cup in 2022.

'We ran a clean bid' ... Frank Lowy (R) alongside former prime minister Kevin Rudd and Sepp Blatter. ( Johannes Simon: Getty Images )

The AFP has confirmed it has been asked to provide advice on the matter after being contacted by former football executive and whistleblower, Bonita Mersiades and independent senator Nick Xenophon

"The AFP is currently evaluating allegations of the misappropriation of funds from Football Federation Australia to FIFA," an AFP spokesman said in a statement.

"As this matter is now under evaluation it would be inappropriate to provide any further comments."

Senator Xenophon has also called for an Auditor-General's investigation of the $45 million Australia spent on its unsuccessful 2022 World Cup bid.

FFA chairman Frank Lowy wrote an open letter addressed to the football community distancing the organisation from FIFA's corruption scandal.

But he admitted the FFA "made mistakes" and were in some cases "naive".

"We ran a clean bid and we are proud of that but it wasn't a level playing field and therefore we didn't win it. I will always be bitterly disappointed about the outcome," Lowy wrote.

"Now, at last, it appears there might be new leadership at FIFA willing to listen to these ideas.

"I feel that the past week has been a watershed. The series of events leading up to last week's dramatic developments and the overall scandal surrounding FIFA left Australia with no option but to vote for change.

"On a personal level, since 2 December 2010 when Australia received just one vote in its World Cup bid, I have nursed a bitter grievance.

"We ran a clean bid. I know that others did not, and I have shared what I know with the authorities, including Michael Garcia who undertook a two-year investigation into the 2022 World Cup bid."

Beckham blasts FIFA over 'despicable' corruption

The arrest of seven FIFA officials in a Zurich hotel last week and a Swiss police investigation into the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup to Russia and Qatar proved the final straw as Blatter, who beat Jordan's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein to another term as president, said he felt he no longer had "a mandate from the entire world of football" any longer.

Former England captain David Beckham blasted FIFA over the "despicable" corruption allegations which led to Blatter's resignation.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder, who was a major figure in England's failed bid to host the 2018 Would Cup, issued a strongly-worded statement on Thursday morning calling for major change at FIFA.

"Some of the things that we now know happened were despicable, unacceptable and awful for the game that we love so much," Beckham told Sky Sports.

"Football is not owned by a few individuals at the top, it belongs to the millions of people around the world who love this sport.

"It is time for FIFA to change and we should all welcome it."

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