Here she is. US Attorney General Loretta Lynch has taken to the stand, starting out by telling us that the US Department of Justice has a 92-count indictment against 16 officials for "sustained abuse of their positions for financial gain".

While we wait for US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, here is more detail about the roles of the 16 men who have been indicted...

Alfredo Hawit (Concacaf president), Ariel Alvarado (ex-Panamanian football official), Rafael Callejas (former president of Honduras football), Brayan Jimenez (Guatemala FA chief), Rafael Salguero (Guatemalan Fifa executive committee member), Hector Trujillo (general secretary of Guatemala FA), Reynaldo Vasquez (former El Salvador FA president), Juan Angel Napout (Conmebol president), Manuel Burga (former Peru FA president), Carlos Chavez (Bolivia football president), Luis Chiriboga (Ecuador football president), Marco Polo del Nero (Brazil football president), Eduardo Deluca (Conmebol general secretary), Jose Luis Meiszner (former Conmebol secretary general), Romer Osuna (Bolivia football audit and compliance committee chief), Ricardo Teixeira (former Brazil FA chief).

"This is a two-minute warning," a US Department of Justice official tells the assembled media. 

That's two minutes before US Attorney General Loretta Lynch addresses them over the latest indictments in the Fifa corruption scandal.

The stage is set. Now we are awaiting the arrival of US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who is due at any moment to speak about the indictments and arrests as part of the Fifa corruption scandal.

You can watch her news conference by clicking the 'Live Coverage' tab at the top of this page.

The New York Times provides more details about one of the 16 men named in a US Department of Justice indictment...

The New York Times is reporting the 16 defendants named in the 236-page indictment from the US Department of Justice.

The full list of defendants:

Alfredo Hawit, Ariel Alvarado, Rafael Callejas, Brayan Jiménez, Rafael Salguero, Héctor Trujillo, Reynaldo Vasquez, Juan Ángel Napout, Manuel Burga, Carlos Chávez, Luís Chiriboga, Marco Polo del Nero, Eduardo Deluca, José Luis Meiszner, Romer Osuna and Ricardo Teixeira.

Concacaf president Hawit and Conmebol president Napout were arrested in a dawn raid on a Swiss hotel on Thursday.

Crash! Bang! Wallop! The Thunder from Down Under has rumbled into the last eight of the UK Championship.

Neil Robertson, the world number three, crashed out three centuries as he routed Stephen Maguire 6-1 to secure his place in the quarter-finals.

The 2013 winner added two fifty-plus breaks as he won six frames in a row to crush the world number 15 in York.

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Still no release of the US Department of Justice's indictment yet.

In the meantime, if you're looking for some background reading on the Fifa corruption crisis, your key questions are answered here.

Richard Conway
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent

"Fifa's executive committee have concluded a two-day meeting looking at reforms. They are determined they have the right recipe to reform the governing body.

"They want to be a trusted body by 2018, that's their ambition. They now have to convince the member associations in February they have the right reforms in place to be just that."

Talking of Fifa, the governing body earlier outlined their package of reforms:

• The executive committee will be replaced by a new council which will clearly separate political and management tasks.
• Senior officials will now only be allowed to serve a maximum of 12 years.
• There will be stringent integrity checks in place for individuals on standing committees
• A minimum of six women - up from one at present - will be able to be elected to the Fifa council
• The salaries of the Fifa president and senior officials will be made public.

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Just when you thought you were out...they pull you back in.

More Fifa to come this evening folks as at 18:30 GMT we will be hearing from the US Department of Justice on the latest developments in their corruption investigation into Fifa's officials.

The indictment is released then with a news conference from Washington DC to follow at about 19:00 GMT.

Stay tuned...

Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis has been appointed president of Commonwealth Games England.

Lewis, 43, succeeds Dame Kelly Holmes, who spent six years in the role.

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The 2000 Olympic heptathlon champion will give "leadership and guidance" before the 2018 Commonwealth Games, to be held on Australia's Gold Coast.

"I am thrilled I have the chance to work with, and support, England's athletes and help them towards becoming a Commonwealth medallist," said Lewis.

Henrik Stenson overcame illness to take a share of the lead on six under after round one of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City.

The Swede, who has "been in bed with flu for three days" said he had "only a five per cent chance of playing" after pulling out of Tuesday's pro-am.

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Stenson leads with South African Jaco van Zyl after both had bogey-free 66s.

Defending champion Danny Willett of England is third after having five birdies and no bogeys in his 67.

Blackburn Rovers can buy players again after their transfer embargo for breaking Financial Fair Play rules was lifted by the Football League.

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The Lancashire side, along with Leeds and Nottingham Forest, were placed under the embargo in December 2014.

It means Rovers will be able to sign players for a fee when the January transfer window opens.

"It's a building block and one little stage in trying to rebuild this club," said boss Paul Lambert.

As new England head coach Eddie Jones mulls over his captaincy options, World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio says Joe Launchbury must first captain club side Wasps before he leads the national team.

Lock Launchbury was recently singled out by club boss Dai Young as an ideal candidate to replace Chris Robshaw.

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“We don't want to put too much pressure on the lad,” Dallaglio told the Daily Telegraph, external.

“At the moment he is coming along fantastically well. But he's definitely going to be one of a number of options available to Eddie Jones. For sure.”

“He may well be knocking on the door to captain Wasps next season. He may be putting a bit of pressure on current captain James Haskell at some point. He's a guy who is developing all the time." 

Brighton & Hove AlbionpairLiam RoseniorandKazenga LuaLuawill both be out for the rest of the month.

Full-back Rosenior, 31, has a medial knee injury, while striker LuaLua, 24, has had minor groin surgery.

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The surgery has set back LuaLua's expected comeback by a month, who has not played since 19 September.

The Seagulls remain unbeaten this season and sit top the Championship table ahead of this weekend's clash with Charlton.  

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Johannesburg

In a packed courtroom with Reeva Steenkamp's family listening to every word, the judge said that when Oscar Pistorius decided to fire four shots through a closed toilet door, he had gambled with a person's life - whoever that was.

Under South African law you cannot just shoot - you first need to determine that the threat to your life is real and that there is no other way to eliminate that threat but to shoot.

Many South Africans have applauded the court's decision on social media, saying justice has now been served for Ms Steenkamp.

This ruling is expected to go some way to show that no-one is above the law, not even South Africa's once beloved "blade runner".

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Will he return to jail?

Yes. He will be back behind bars, less than two months after he was placed under house arrest.

When will he be sentenced?

We don't have a date yet, but it will be next year. The minimum sentence for murder is 15 years, but the judge does have the discretion to lower it.

Can he appeal?

Yes, but only if his lawyers are convinced that the appeal judges violated his constitutional rights. So it's a high threshold, and hard to meet.

So is this the end of Pistorius' professional athletics career?

Almost certainly. He's 29, and will be past his prime by the time he is freed. It is also unlikely that advertisers would want to sponsor him, as the Pistorius brand is now tainted.

Swansea suffered a sixth defeat in 10 Premier League matches when they lost 1-0 to Liverpool last time out but Monk says it was a "much-improved performance".  

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"At the start of last week after the Bournemouth game, I sat down with all the players and had good discussions with them on how we go forward and what we need to do to improve," he said.

"We talked about many things. We talked about the situation: 'Let's be open and honest about it'.

"It was definitely the right step to make. It's not an easy process, but it's definitely a step in the right direction."

Monk added Swansea will be without left-back Franck Tabanou for a "few weeks" because of a thigh injury sustained during training.