What’s a few million pounds between friends? Apparently enough that the Arsenal annual general meeting taking place this week is in danger of being shut down. Chairman ChipsKeswick threatened to do just that Thursday after fans accosted club officials, demanding the details of a 3 million-pound payment ($4.65 million at current exchange ratesof $1.55 = […]
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Saving FIFA from itself, how the Feds are soccer's good guys
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are fighting the 90-day suspensions handed down by FIFA’s ethics committee for a $2million payment Platini received from FIFA in 2011 for work he said he did many years earlier. The case against them, sources told the Associated Press, hinges on the suspicious nature of thetransactions: neither could present a […]
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Report: FIFA presidential election could be postponed
A decision on whether to hold an emergency meeting of the FIFA executive committee will likely be made next week, given the suspensions to FIFA president SeppBlatter and UEFA president Michel Platini, who was the leading candidate to succeed him. A key item on the agenda would be to postpone the electionscheduled for Feb. 26. […]
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What's next for FIFA? Who knows? And that's the problem …
So we’ve had another big day of news out of Zurich. FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini havebeen suspended. FIFA’s ethics committee has also suspended general secretary Jerome Valcke though that was sort of overkill as Blatter already relieved him ofhis duties. And Chung Mong Joon, the scion of the Hyundai empire […]
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FIFA in total meltdown: Blatter and Platini suspended
“International soccer was engulfed by a new crisis on Thursday as FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president MichelPlatini, the two most powerful men in soccer, were suspended from all soccer activities for 90 days by FIFA’s ethics committee, leaving the sport reeling from scandals across the globe with apower vacuum at the top. In […]
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Report: Sepp Blatter faces 90-day suspension
Members of FIFA’s ethics committee have recommended that Sepp Blatter, facing a Swiss criminal investigation into his dealings as FIFA president, be suspendedfor 90 days. Blatter adviser Klauss Stohlker told BBC Sport: “The news was communicated to the president this afternoon. He is calm. Remember he is thefather of the ethics committee. This is provisional for […]
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What They're Saying: Chung Mong Joon
“The true danger is that they are not only sabotaging my candidacy. They are sabotaging FIFA’s election and FIFA itself. As preposterous as it may sound, there are media reports that Mr. Blatter plansto stay on as President once all the presidential candidates are forced out. However, the election is in danger of being turned […]
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FIFA sponsors: 'Your time is up'; Blatter: 'No, it's not.'
The FIFA scandals that have rocked FIFA took another dramatic turn on Friday as four American heavyweight sponsors — Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Visa and Budweiser — called on FIFA president Sepp Blatter to step down immediately. Blatter is under criminal investigation by Swiss justice over a television deal FIFA made with former Concacaf president Jack Warner […]
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What They're Saying: FIFA statement
“On a joint decision it was agreed to postpone the UEFA-FIFA challenge 2015, which had been scheduled for Friday, 2 October, until further notice.” — FIFA statement to the AssociatedPress on the postponement of the annual staff game in the aftermath of recent developments that saw a Swiss criminal investigation opened against FIFA president Sepp Blatter […]
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Report: Sheikh Salman might seek FIFA presidential post if Platini falters
Bahraini Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the president of the Asian Football Confederation, might run for FIFA president if the candidacy of UEFApresident Michel Platini, whom he supports, is derailed by a Swiss investigation into a $2 million. “In the case that Platini decides not to stand, or if thereis a reason, such as […]