“I think he’s very damaged, but being damaged in this organization — really, it doesn’t matter. It’s like being damaged in the mob — yeah, you have a terrible reputation, butwhen has that ever stopped anyone in FIFA from advancing? Never.” — David Larkin, an international sports law attorney and co-director ofthe Change FIFA watchdog […]
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Platini: 'I was pleased to have been able to clarify all matters'
UEFA president Michel Platini, embroiled in the latest FIFA bombshell, said the $2 million payment FIFA president Sepp Blatterauthorized to him related to work hecarried out under a contract with FIFA. He had worked for Blatter as a consultant early in Blatter’s reign — Blatter was first elected in 1998 — but Swiss authorities said […]
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Criminal proceedings opened against Sepp Blatter
Another day, another FIFA bombshell. At the end of a two-day FIFA executive committee committee, FIFA president Sepp Blatter was supposed toaddress the media, as is the custom. They waited and waited, and Blatter never showed. Finally came the bombshell: Swiss authorities had opened criminal proceedings against Blatter on”suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation.” Police […]
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What They're Saying: Michel Platini
“A good FIFA is like a good referee, nobody speaks about it.” — UEFA president Michel Platini, the favorite to become the next FIFA president,saying FIFA’s image needed to restored and politics must be toned down in favor of soccer interests. (AP)