Sepp Blatter took a swipe at the organization he used to preside over in an interview with a German magazine on Monday, accusing FIFA of abandoning him. “I now no longer fight for FIFA. Theyhave abandoned me. I only fight for myself and my honor,” the 79-year-old told Bunte. “These false allegations have unleashed in […]
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Year of the woman, soccer champions Lynch, Allard and Dodd (and the '15ers)
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) By any measurement, 2015 was the Year of the Woman in soccer. The USA not only regained theWomen’s World Cup title that had eluded it for 16 years, but the ’15ers did so in the most spectacular manner possible, beating Japan, 5-2, in a game it led, 4-0, after 16 minutes […]
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What They're Saying: Sepp Blatter
“He’s a little more expensive than I am. But this is nonsense. According to Swiss law, to suspend someone for eight years, you must have committed a murder or a bank robbery.” — FIFA president Sepp Blatter on UEFA president Michel Platini after both were suspended for eight years and fined by FIFA’s ethics committee. […]
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Blatter: FIFA's U.S. sponsors won't pull out
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter said FIFA’s American sponsors — McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Visa and Budweiser brewer AB InBev — are bluffing about pulling their top-line sponsorship dealsif meaningful reforms don’t happen. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Blatter said that wouldn’t happen. “Companies, commercial partners are queuing up to get in,” he said. […]
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Platini faces long shot on appeal: how bin Hamman case doesn't help him
Michel Platini‘s last chance to rescue his FIFA presidential bid will depend on whether he can convince the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn the decision of FIFA’s ethicscommittee to ban him for eight years for multiple violations of the FIFA ethics code related to a $2 million payment he received from FIFA […]
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Platini lawyers cry 'procedural sabotage'
Facing a Jan. 26 deadline to get his name cleared by the FIFA appeals committee, Court of Arbitration for Sport and FIFA electoral commission, suspended UEFA president Michel Platini faces anuphill fight. His legal team termed the FIFA decision not to allow Platini to take his case directly to CAS as “procedural sabotage.”
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What They're Saying: Michel Platini
“What was the ethics committee doing between 2011, when I was paid, and 2015? Was it sleeping? Suddenly it wakes up. Ah yes, it wakes up in a FIFA election year when I’m a candidate. It’s amazing.” — Banned UEFA president Michel Platini, suggesting his eight-year ban by the ethics committee from all soccer activities […]
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Report: Valcke could get life ban
FIFA’s ethics committee gave Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini eight-year bans. Blatter’s former chief lieutenant, Jerome Valcke, might not get off so lightly. The 55-year-oldFrenchman, was told to leave his post as FIFA secretary general in September while FIFA investigated “a series of allegations” of misconduct, could face a lifetime ban from soccer after aforensic […]
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Breaking: Blatter and Platini get eight-year bans
FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini were both banned from taking part in all soccer activities for eight years for their roles in the payment of $2 millionPlatini received from FIFA in 2011. The payment, supposedly for work done as a FIFA adviser years earlier, was not found to have been a […]