Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner said Thursday he was awarded World Cup television rights for as little as $1 in return for helping Sepp Blatter get votes for his successful quest for the FIFA presidency in 1998.
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The Latest Fashion News from FIFA — or, A Look at the 2012 Rule Book
Reading the soccer rule book — or any rule book — is not really anyone’s idea of having a good time. But someone has to do it once in a while, so I’ll save you the trouble with aquick skim through the latest version of FIFA’s “Laws of the Game.” I shall call them rules, […]
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Blatter to take charge of Brazil 2014 mess
With plans for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil in a continuing state of flux and embattled Ricardo Teixeira, the head of the Brazilian soccer federation andlocal organizing committee, on a “leave of absence,” FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he will make Brazil 2014 a “personal dossier.” The problemswith Brazil 2014 cover a wide variety […]
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Wambach, Marta and Sawa form FIFA shortlist
[AWARDS] U.S. national team star Abby Wambach is a finalist for the 2011 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year award alongwith five-time winner Marta of the 2011 WPS champion New York Flash, and Wambach’s former Washington Freedom teammate, HomareSawa of World Cup champion Japan. U.S. national team coach Pia Sundhage is a finalist for the […]
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It's time to sew Blatter's lips shut
Has FIFA President Sepp Blatter put his foot in his mouth for the last time? There are calls for his resignation following his latest doozy: “On the field ofplay, I deny that there is racism. If you had a confrontation during the match, you shake hands, and when the game is over, it is over.” […]
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Welcome to the big time
[MY VIEW] Fox made a preemptive strike to garner the English-language World Cup rights from FIFA away from ESPN in a deal more than four times greater thanESPN’s current deal with FIFA and more than 10 times the deal SUM, MLS’s marketing arm, struck to ensure that the English-language rights went to ESPN in 2002 […]
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Fox and Telemundo grab U.S. World Cup TV rights for $1 billion-plus
The days of watching the World Cup on ESPN and Univision will be over after 2014. FIFA’s executive committee has awarded the U.S. television rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Fox forEnglish-language rights and Telemundo for Spanish-language rights. ESPN has broadcast every World Cup except Italia ’90 since its launch. Univision has […]
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How to end FIFA's culture of corruption
[MY VIEW] Ravaged by scandal after scandal, FIFA finds its reputation in tatters. To address the problems, FIFA president SeppBlatter is expected announce on Friday proposed reforms to end the corruption. Here are a few reforms we would make to the executive committee … In the last year, two members ofthe FIFA executive committee members […]
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The Mexican Five: WADA Backs Down
By Paul Gardner Definitely not a good week for WADA. That is the group — the World Anti-Doping Agency — that works tirelessly to keep sports, all sports, free fromthe scourge of performance-enhancing drugs. Last week the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) threw out an International Olympic Committee regulation that held that any athlete […]
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Chuck Blazer to leave Concacaf post
Chuck Blazer, secretary general of Concacaf since 1990, is leaving his post at the end of the year, seven months after he went public with briberyaccusations against his then-boss at Concacaf, Jack Warner, and Mohamed bin Hammam, head of the Asian FootballConfederation, that rocked FIFA. “I’ve been running a governing body long enough. We’ve been […]