As first reported by ESPN FC’s Sam Borden, the North Americabidders for the 2026 World Cup want the FIFA Congress to fast-track their bid and seek approval to be pushed up two years from 2020 to 2018. On Monday, the USA, Canada and Mexicoannounced plans to submit a unified bid to host the 2026 World […]
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World Cup 2026 bid: What we know and don't know
The USA, Canada and Mexico announced plans to submit a unified bid to host the 2026 World Cup. Here’s what we know and don’t know about the bid announced Monday by U.S. Soccer president SunilGulati, Concacaf and CSA president Victor Montagliani (left in photo) and Mexican federation president Decio de Maria (right) at New York’s One World […]
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FIFA losses reach $391 million in 2016
FIFA suffered losses of $391 million in 2016 and expects widening losses in 2017 as it continues to pay the price for the crisis that hit in 2015 when FIFA executives were indicted on Federalcorruption charges and FIFA president Sepp Blatter resigned. The 2016 loss was blamed on increased legal costs and the extraordinary general […]
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What They're Saying: Victor Montagliani
“I couldn’t imagine such a crisis occurring in a company and the company surviving. But you should never waste a good crisis. Football has survived because of fans and players, and now wehave an opportunity to restore our image, and bring the game back to them.” — Concacaf president Victor Montagliani, who succeeded three presidents […]
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Chung takes FIFA fight to CAS
South Korean Chung Mong-Joon, the longtime FIFA executive committee member, is taking his fight against a soccer ban imposed by FIFA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport 18 months after theoriginal ban was imposed. Chung battled former FIFA president Sepp Blatter for years.
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FIFA concludes internal investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption
After 22 months of investigating itself, FIFA has announced the process is complete. It had hired a law firm based in Los Angeles, Quinn Emanuel, to conduct the investigation intoallegations of fraud and corruption stemming from raids of offices and arrests of top officials starting in May of 2015. The fruits of the investigation: more […]
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Another soccer bribery scandal envelops South Africa
Even in disgrace, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter remained a popular figure in many soccer circles. In particular, he fought to bring the World Cup to Africa for the first time. After hischoice, South Africa, was beaten out by Germany for the 2006 hosting rights, it was awarded the 2010 tournament. Unfortunately, that event and […]
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End of an era in Africa
Issa Hayatou, a symbol of the old FIFA, was finally deposed as the president of the Confederation of African Football after a reign of 29 years. The Cameroonian lost to Ahmad Ahmad, thepresident of the Madagascar Football Association, in a vote of 34-20 of CAF members at its congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As the […]
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Former Salvadoran soccer president gets eight years in prison
Reynaldo Vasquez, the former president of El Salvador’s soccer federation who is wanted in the United States for alleged corruption, received eight years in Salvadoran prison on fraud chargesfor misappropriating funds due 204 workers of a family-owned bed-manufacturing company. Vasquez has faced extradition on since 2015 on five counts of alleged bribery linked to commercialdeals […]
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Fan confidence in FIFA remains low in Infantino era
A year after Gianni Infantino was elected president of FIFA, fan confidence in the organization, a worldwide symbol of corruption following years of scandals, remains low. TransparencyInternational and Forza Football, a football fan opinion platform with more than 3 million subscribers, just completed a snap survey of 25,000 fans from over 50 countries. The results: […]