FIFA has taken the embarrassing step of taking away African soccer confederation president Issa Hayatou‘s positions as chairman of the 2012 Olympic soccerorganizing committee and the GOAL Bureau development program a day after it had confirmed he had been named to the positions. FIFA blamed a “technical error” for the posting of the appointments on […]
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North Korea banned from next Women's World Cup
FIFA threw the book at North Korea after five women’s national team players tested positive for steroids from traditional musk deer gland therapy at the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany. North Korea was banned from the 2015 Women’s World Cup, stripped of the $400,000 it won as prize money at the 2011 tournament, and […]
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USA-Mexico, the verdict
[WINNERS & LOSERS] Jurgen Klinsmann‘s first game in charge ended in a 1-1 draw, but they were plenty of winners andlosers to go around on a day in Philadelphia that saw the USA and Mexico renew their fierce rivalry and MLS announce an historic television deal. WINNERS JURGEN KLINSMANN. For about 60 minutes or so, […]
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Rise and fall of Lisle Austin
Lisle Austin‘s reign as Concacaf president will have lasted all of four days. His fall was complete on Wednesday when FIFA’s disciplinary committee bannedhim from all soccer activity for one year for going to a Bahamian court to seek to overturn the decision of the Concacaf executive committee to remove him from office. Austin, who […]
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Bin Hammam ban puts Qatari rulers in tough spot
Will Qatar’s emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and his ruling family support disgraced Mohamed bin Hammam orwill they cut their ties with the former president of the Asian Football Confederation, convicted of bribery in his bid for the FIFA presidency and banned for life from all soccer activities? As a member of the […]
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Whistleblower retracts Qatari corruption charges
Phaedra Almajid, the American-based Qatari who made widespread charges of corruption in Qatari’s successful bid to win the right to host 2022 World Cup,retracted her story, saying she had made it all up. Almajid was employed as an international media specialist at Qatar’s 2022 bid committee between May 2009 and March 2010 and alleged,among other […]
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'Traffic Jam' problem threatens the Beautiful Game
[STATE OF THE GAME] I was in Cairo — nearly two years ago — to watch the World Cup qualifying match between Egypt and Algeria. Other than feeling theexhilaration of witnessing an unforgettable match, there was one incident in particular that stuck in my mind — an incident that should have been unrelated to the […]
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Jack Warner quits as FIFA vice president
In attempt to call off FIFA investigators and preserve his political career in Trinidad & Tobago, where he is the powerful minister of works and transportation, Jack Warner quit as a FIFA vice president Monday. In a statement, FIFA said all Ethics Committee procedures against him have been closed and “the presumption of innocence ismaintained.” […]
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FIFA backs Concacaf moves
FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke confirmed that Honduran Alfredo Hawit was the legitimate acting president ofConcacaf but said it was time for the infighting to end in the region. Following Jack Warner‘s suspension as president, Lisle Austin was named interim president but he was in turn suspended by the Concacaf executive committee after he tried […]
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Austin claims victory in Bahamian court
[CONCACAF IN CRISIS] Lisle Austin claimed victory in his tug of war with the Concacaf executive committee and generalsecretary Chuck Blazer for control of the regional confederation in the aftermath of Jack Warner‘s suspension. Austinsaid he won a court injunction in the Bahamas to resume duties as acting president of Concacaf after being suspended by […]