FIFA's disgraced former vice-president Reynald Temarii of Tahiti has been charged with corruption by French prosecutors probing Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid process.The charge, the first to em… Read More
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and vice-president Michel Platini have both been found not guilty following their fraud trial.
The pair stood trial over a payment of 2m Swiss francs (&po… Read More
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Explainer – The Qatar FIFA World Cup has been surrounded by controversy round employee’s rights, same-sex relationships and allegations of co… Read More
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted that the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a mistake
Blatter was president of FIFA when Qatar was awarded the tournament in 20… Read More
Fifa executives who voted on World Cup hosts
Sepp Blatter … Then President of Fifa, overseer of bid process. Now Banned from football.
Julio Grondona … Then Fifa exco member… Read More
Michel Platini ban reduced to four years – Michel Platini ban has now been reduced to 4 Years following the latest ruling which has seen a further two year reduction before talking abo… Read More
Disgraced former UEFA President Michel Platini has been taken into custody as part of a corruption investigation over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, the French financial prosec… Read More
Michel Platini has vowed to return to football after Swiss prosecutors said no evidence has been found "so far" in their investigation into possible financial wrongdoing. The banned for… Read More
Starting Monday, the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hear Manchester Metropolis’s attraction in opposition to the two-year ban from UEFA competitors (the Champions… Read More
BEVERLY HILLS, March 05, (THEWILL) – Former UEFA head Michel Platini has lost his appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against a four-year ban from football over a $2 million (… Read More
Disgraced former UEFA President Michel Platini has been taken into custody as part of a corruption investigation over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, the French financial prosec… Read More
FIFA has filed a criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over the finances of its loss-making football museum in Zurich.
FIFA said on Tuesday it suspected “criminal… Read More
Platini loses again as Swiss judges uphold 4-year FIFA banSacramento BeeSwitzerland’s supreme court has dismissed an appeal by former FIFA vice president Michel Platini against his fou… Read More
Controversy and sport have gone hand-in-hand for time immemorial. So, in that sense, 2019 was no different. Be it Russia getting banned from participating at the Olympics and the 2022 FIFA W… Read More
Former FIFA then President Joseph Blatter (L) speaking at the start of the FIFA Ballon d’Or awards ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on January 7, 2013. AFP
Sepp Blatter, the form… Read More
The disgraced former Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, has claimed that his fellow govt committee (Exco) members ignored advice that Qatar was incapable of hosting a World Cup after they voted… Read More