In conjunction with its first executive committee meeting since Gianni Infantino was elected president, FIFA tried to make the case that the past is the past, and it was putting years ofscandal behind it and beginning to work out of the financial hole it dug itself into. That included the announcement of China’s Wanda Group […]
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FIFA wants its money back
FIFA filed suit to recover some of the more than $190 million alreadyforfeited by soccer and marketing officials — 12 former executive committee members — who have pleaded guilty in Federal court in the corruption case that mostly involves Concacaf and Conmebolcompetitions. FIFA wants the money — more than $28 million in total — that […]
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French federation raided in connection with FIFA scandal
At the behest of the Swiss federal prosecutor, the French Financial Prosecution Office raided the French soccer federation headquarters in connection with the Swiss criminal case against former FIFApresident Sepp Blatter. The cases focuses on a secret transaction in which Blatter approved a $2 million payment from FIFA funds for Michel Platini in 2011. Blatter […]
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German soccer scandal tarnishes 'summer fairy tale'
Another internal and costly ($4 million) investigation into a major international soccer scandal ended with another highly unsatisfactory verdict. No evidence of vote-rigging in the awarding of the2006 World Cup to Germany was found. Sounds like 2010, and 2018 and 2022? “We have no proof of vote-buying,” Christian Duve of the Freshfields law firm, commissioned […]
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What They're Saying: Sepp Blatter
“I have also worked double than Platini — they should have given me four years’ reduction, not two. He is 60 and I am 80.” — FIFA president Sepp Blatter, on thereduction of soccer suspensions FIFA’s ethics committee handed Michel Platini and him from eight years to six years on appeal for their “service to […]
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How Concacaf president spun own Webb of deceit
If one has just a little skepticism about the effect of the proposed FIFA reforms and election of a new president at FIFA’s Extraordinary Congress in Zurich, it’s because we’ve seen what happened atthe Concacaf level. Following the demise of the Jack Warner regime Cayman Islands native Jeffrey Webb was installed as president. “The credibility of […]
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The FIFA election, the sanctity of the secret vote and case against ballot selfies
In nine days, we will know who the next FIFA president is, and given the reputation of soccer’s world governing body, doubts about the integrity of the election are running high. If youwere wondering, the election for FIFA president will be conducted by secret vote. Not all FIFA-related elections are by secret ballot. When Sunil […]
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Report: Blatter whistleblower aids Swiss authorities
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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What They're Saying: Michel Platini
“It all began with Blatter, who wanted my skin, who didn’t want me to go to FIFA. He often said I’d be his last scalp, but he fell at the same time as I did.” — Michel Platini,announcing he’d withdrawn his bid for FIFA president, on how he went from the favorite to succeed Sepp […]
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Blatter: FIFA Has Abandoned Me
Sepp Blatter took a swipe at the organization he used to preside over in an interview with a German magazine on Monday, accusing FIFA of abandoning him. “I now no longer fight for FIFA. Theyhave abandoned me. I only fight for myself and my honor,” the 79-year-old told Bunte. “These false allegations have unleashed in […]