In an attempt to get ahead of the story, Michel Platini‘s lawyer, Thibaud d’Alès, said the investigatoryarm of FIFA’s ethics committee has recommended a lifetime ban for his client, the suspended UEFA president, and the Guardian reported suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter should receive the same sanctionin connection with the $2 million payment made to […]
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FIFA Opens Cases Against Blatter, Platini
FIFA ethics judge Joachim Eckert on Monday formally opened cases against FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini for alleged financial wrongdoing. Next,both Blatter and Platini, who are each serving 90-day suspensions pending Eckert’s ruling, will be allowed to submit their positions including any evidence with regard to the final reports ofthe investigatory […]
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What They're Saying: Sepp Blatter on angels and the devil.
“I was close to dying. I was between the angels who were singing and the devil who was lighting the fire, but it was the angels who sang. The pressure was enormous. At some stage the body justsays, ‘No, enough is enough.’ But if you are strong psychologically you can resist.” — Suspended FIFA president […]
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Platini Appeals FIFA Suspension to CAS
The European Union’s Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday confirmed that UEFA President Michel Platini has appealed against the provisional 90-day ban he was handedby FIFA that has kept him out of the presidential race for soccer’s scandal-plagued governing body. Both Platini and FIFA President Sepp Blatter were handed 90-day bans inOctober over […]
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Blatter and Platini lose appeals on suspensions
FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA resident Michel Platini have had their appeals against 90-day bans rejected byFIFA”s appeal committee. They intend to take their cases to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. FIFA’s ethics committee suspended them in connection with an investigation into corruption claimsagainst them. The case involving Blatter and Platini together relates […]
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Blatter hospitalized with stress
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter was admitted to a Swiss hospital for a medical checkup as he was suffering from stress.Public relations representative KlausStoehlker said the 79-year-old Blatter was under “tremendous pressure from so many sides.” Blatter’s U.S.-based lawyer, Richard Cullen, said in a statement, “He is fine andexpects to be home shortly.”
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Palestine will host Saudi Arabia after all
Score one for Sepp Blatter. The suspended FIFA president recorded a diplomatic victory as Saudi Arabia will travel to Palestine Nov. 5 for a World Cupqualifier. The Saudis refused to travel to Ramallah for the game scheduled on Oct. 13. Palestinian officials claimed Saudi Arabia insisted on playing the Palestine home match on neutral territory […]
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Business as usual at FIFA? New presidential favorite faces scrutiny
Nothing is ever what it seems with FIFA. On the day its executive committee met for the first time without suspended president Sepp Blatter, to discusswide-ranging reform proposals, transparency was lacking. And calls to postpone the election for a new president were rebuffed, but it is anything but clear who has the support — and […]
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It's Time for a Real Investigation of Blatter, Platini
For the first time since the formal suspension of two of its highest-ranking members, FIFA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) will meet in Zurich on Tuesday. According to PA Sport, the hastily organized “emergency meeting”will cover a number of items, including possibly postponing FIFA’s Feb. 26 presidential election.
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FIFA's 'Votes-for-Bribes' Program
The FIFA scandal really is the gift that keeps on giving — so much so, that perhaps we should refer to it as “The FIFA Unraveling,” because with each passing day, it’s looking more andmore likely that 1) we’ve probably only just scratched the surface of the corruption inside this organization, and 2) FIFA really […]