Michel Platini hopeful of being back at UEFA for Euro 2016
Zurich: Banned UEFA president Michel Platini said he hoped to clear his name in time for the 2016 European Championship soccer tournament in June after attending a hearing on Monday to appeal against...
View ArticleFIFA ethics investigator recommends life ban for ex-VP Jeffrey Webb
Zurich: FIFA`s chief ethics investigator has recommended a life ban for Jeffrey Webb, a former vice-president of the global soccer body who has pleaded guilty in the United States to offences linked to...
View ArticleFIFA sack top official Markus Kattner over `breaches` worth millions
Zurich: FIFA on Monday sacked deputy general secretary Markus Kattner for financial `breaches` involving millions of dollars, according to sources close to an inquiry by the world body.Kattner`s...
View ArticleBan-hit former FIFA President Sepp Blatter under fresh investigation over...
Zurich: Banned former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his chief lieutenants were under fresh investigation over alleged illicit salaries and bonuses totalling USD 80 million, FIFA's ethics committee...
View ArticleFormer UEFA chief Michel Platini lashes out at Sepp Blatter
Paris: Ex-UEFA president Michel Platini has criticised former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, saying the Swiss who led soccer`s world body for 17 years was determined to make him "his last scalp".Platini and...
View ArticleFIFA corruption fight faces 'setback' after purging ethics team, claims...
Manama: FIFA's decision to remove its ethics team was a "setback in the fight against corruption", one of those dismissed, investigator Cornel Borbely, told a press conference in Bahrain on...
View ArticleFIFA corruption scandal timeline
Paris: Key dates in the FIFA corruption scandal, which resurfaced this week with accusations against PSG chairman and beIN Media chief Nasser al-Khelaifi and ex-FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke...
View ArticleUS judge to sentence first official in FIFA scandal
A 63-year-old former Guatemalan football official is expected Wednesday to become the first person sentenced by a US judge over the sweeping corruption scandal that rocked world soccer.The US...
View ArticleUS judge announces 8-month jail sentence for Guatemalan in FIFA scandal
New York: A US judge on Wednesday imposed the first sentence in the sweeping FIFA corruption scandal, sending a Guatemalan former official to jail for eight months and saying that he had destroyed...
View ArticleFIFA corruption trial opens in New York
New York: It was the raid that changed the face of the world's most popular sport. Swiss police swooped in on a five-star Zurich hotel at dawn, arresting seven soccer officials at US request.Two and a...
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