“We doubt that many, if any, other women’s national teams around the world are compensated comparably to — if not better than — their male counterparts, or that many national federations havebeen willing to agree to pay equity clauses to ensure that women’s national team players are compensated fairly as the revenue their games produce […]
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Copa Countdown: Argentina threatens pullout; Navas out
There’s good news and bad news for fans hoping to see Lionel Messi play for Argentina at the Copa Centenario. The good news: Messi is doing better after suffering a painful back injury in Friday’s friendly game against Honduras. The bad news:The Argentine federation (AFA) executive committee will meet Tuesday to decide whether to pull […]
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Women's players' strike motions go to judge for decision
Judge Sharon Johnson Colemantook under advisement competing motions for summary judgment made by attorneys for U.S. Soccer and the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Players Association inthe case that U.S. Soccer filed in February in Federal court in Chicago to get a ruling on whether the women’s national team players had the right to strike. […]
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Concacaf goes after Jack Warner for symbol of his conniving, a 'white-washed tomb'
Bloomberg reported on Friday that Concacaf has sued its formerpresident, Jack Warner, for more than $50 million. I say, Good luck! The fraud suit is in connection with the Centre of Excellence, the soccer academy that was built in Trinidad& Tobago to train players in the Caribbean but has turned out to be the greatest […]
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Last of FIFA seven leaves Zurich jail
Julio Rocha, the former president of the Nicaraguan soccer federation, was the last of seven soccer officials arrested at a Zurich hotel in May 2015 and extradited when he appeared a courthearing in a U.S. Federal court in Brooklyn. Rocha, who was responsible for overseeing FIFA’s development efforts in Central America, pleaded not guilty on […]
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Italy coach Conte cleared of match-fixing
Italy national team coach Antonio Conte was acquitted on charges of match-fixing by an accelerated preliminary hearing judge in a court in the city of Cremona. The case stems from whenConte, who will take charge at Chelsea after Euro 2016, was in charge of Siena in Italy’s Serie B in May 2011. He had been […]
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Decision of Warner extradition appeal to be made on June 17
Jack Warner — remember him? — will have a Trinidadian High Court judge rule on June 17 whether the United States will be included as an interested party in the lawsuit filed by the formerConcacaf president challenging his extradition on corruption charges issued on May 27, 2015. Justice James Aboud heard submissions in the matter […]
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Life ban recommended for Jeffrey Webb
FIFA’s chief ethics investigator Cornel Borbely has recommended a life ban from soccer for former Concacaf president Jeffrey Webb, who has pleaded guilty inFederal court to racketeering, fraud and money laundering in connection with the soccer scandal involving FIFA, Concacaf and Conmebol. Webb, currently under house arrest at his mansion outsideAtlanta, is one of 41 individuals and […]
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FIFA defendant Li wins fight with insurance companies
Victories have been few and far between for the defendants in the FIFA corruption case winding its way through Federal court in Brooklyn, but Costa Rican Eduardo Li will at least have his legalfees paid for. Judge Raymond Dearie ruled Wednesday that two insurance companies must pay his fees while he fights charges of racketeering, […]
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Drama reaches new heights (or lows) at Marseille
There are few clubs that produce intrigue quite like French club Olympique de Marseille, or OM for short. The only French club to win Europe’s biggest trophy, the European Cup, Marseillewas plunged into crisis within weeks of its victory over AC Milan in the 1993 final when it was revealed its CEO, Jean-Pierre Bernes, and […]