BBC Sport reports that an unnamed person has blown the whistle on Sepp Blatter in connection with the criminal case against banned the FIFA president. “The Swiss Attorney General’s officereceived valuable information from a testimony that might be very helpful,” a spokesman told BBC Sport. Blatter is being investigated on two fronts: the $2 million […]
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Mascherano makes case to avoid prison term
Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano appeared in Spanish court to make case why he should not go to jail after having admitted he committed tax fraud in 2011 and 2012 to the tune of $1.1million after failing to declare earnings from his image rights by using companies he owns abroad. He has already paid the taxes […]
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Former Concacaf president will be released pending trial
Former Concacaf president Alfredo Hawit, a former FIFA vice president, will be released for jail on bail, pending trial in Federal court in Brooklyn on corruption charges. The conditions ofrelease include a $1 million personal recognizance bond secured by $50,000 cash and real estate, home detention and electronic monitoring. Haiti, a native of Honduras, was […]
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Former Bayern president Hoeness set to be released
After just 21 months into his sentence, former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness will be released from prison at the end of February. He was sentenced to a three-and-a-half-year prisonsentence in Landsberg am Lech prison for tax evasion in 2014 after he admitted to holding funds in a secret Swiss bank account. He has since […]
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What They're Saying: Federal magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy
“I think you all need to get to Citibank.” — Federal magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy, agreeing to let Guatemalan judge and soccer official Hector Trujillo, arrestedon a Disney cruise ship and charged in the FIFA corruption scandal, begin home detention in Newark, New Jersey, as long as Trujillo family members in the courtroom came […]
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Nowak files: spanking, water-deprived run and retaliation
The firing of head coach Peter Nowak by the Philadelphia Union is perhaps the most litigated personnel issue in MLS history with three different suits that have bounced around the courts. A wrongful dismissal suit against Union was initially filed in the Federal court butlater moved to arbitration as per the employment agreement Nowak had […]
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What They're Saying: Rafa Benitez
“James is a good kid, he is serious, he has given us his explanations about what happened and there is no more to say.” — Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez on star JamesRodriguez, who was clocked driving 120 miles per hour in a car chase with police that ended when he pulled into the Valdebebas […]
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FAU frosh Henry charged with first-degree murder
Donovan Henry, a freshman at Florida Atlantic University, was charged with first-degree murder after a man was shot and killed Tuesday night in connection with a drug buy at a universityapartment complex. The Palm Beach Post reported that Henry, whoattended Florida prep powerhouse American Heritage High School, was also charged by Boca Raton police with […]
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What They're Saying: Attorney Gautam Dutta
“We’re not trying to ruin the Super Bowl. But we want to make sure the kids are provided for. And right now, time’s up. The fields could be paved over as early as Monday.” — GautamDutta, an attorney representing the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League in its lawsuit against the city of Santa Clara filed […]
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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 […]