It is hard to work out who is in most trouble today, Fifa president Sepp Blatter or Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
The New York Times, no less, has given Blatter's resignation extensive coverage, and has suggested the under-fire footie-führer must have had a rotten weekend, as only last week he was exultant and triumphant after being re-elected, whereas yesterday he was “running for the hills”.
“What, exactly, created such a sea change between Friday, when you basked in the admiration of those FIFA delegates who voted for you, when you accepted their handshakes and their back slaps and their kisses on your cheeks, and Tuesday, when it finally dawned on you that your sport didn’t want you any more?,” asks the paper's soccer columnist.
Meanwhile, football magazine Four-Four-Two has done a preview of Tsipras's last-ditch talks with European President Jean-Claude Juncker ahead of a critical deadline for a repayment on Greece's debt.
The above, is, of course, a fib but plenty of broad sheets have been weighing in on Greece's problems, and while they not exactly given Tsipras the Blatter treatment, there is a sense in some quarters that Tispras will inevitably get his comeuppance.
The fate of Greece is likely to have featured prominently in today's meeting of the European Central bank policy-making committee in Frankfurt.
“The central bank’s president Mario Draghi will be looking to walk the tightrope of 'back-patting' while also keeping the message that 'we will stay the path' in his press conference,” suggests Jasper Lawler, at spread betting firm CMC Markets.
“Draghi will want to emphasise how well quantitative easing [QE] has worked at stoking a rise in inflation without hinting at an early exit to the programme. Hints at an early exit from QE could give rise to another massive rally in the euro, which could undo some of the effectiveness of the programme,” Lawler opined.
In corporate news, the steady flow of companies coming to the market continues, with computer security firm Sophos and house builder Cairn Homes both announcing plans to float.
Sophos intends to raise around US$100mln in new capital, while Irish outfit Cairn is seeking to raise somewhere between €350mln and €400mln.
Lastly, shares in Merlin Entertainments (LON:MERL), owner of the Alton Towers theme park, have shrugged off news of yesterday's horrific roller-coaster crash in which 16 people were injured.
The theme park remains closed and there has been no indication of when it will reopen.