David Beckham hits out at ‘despicable’ Fifa over corruption allegations
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View ArticlePrince Ali out to wrestle FIFA from Blatter
ZURICH: As a former wrestler and army officer, Jordan's Prince Ali bin Hussein is the figure bidding to pry control of football's governing-body FIFA from current president Sepp Blatter on Friday. The...
View ArticleSepp Blatter resigns: Election to be held in December at the earliest, Fifa says
Sepp Blatter has stepped down as Fifa president, amid a corruption scandal that has plunged the organisation into an unprecedented crisis. He announced his departure at a surprise press conference in...
View ArticleSepp Blatter has a ridiculous explanation for why he can't be held...
Sepp Blatter is expected to be re-elected president of FIFA on Friday. In his speech to the FIFA congress on before the election, he was as defiant as ever as more people call for his resignation in...
View ArticleFIFA PRESIDENT SEPP BLATTER TO RESIGN
View photo. (Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann ) FIFA president Sepp Blatter FIFA president Sepp Blatter is resigning as president of FIFA amid a growing corruption scandal, he announced on Tuesday at a surprise...
View ArticleFifa uncovered: But publication of the Garcia report cannot wipe the slate
It was with characteristic self-belief that Fifa’s president Sepp Blatter declared yesterday that “the crisis at Fifa is over”. Few outside the world of football’s governing body, however, will set...
View ArticleFIFA arrests: Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray call for change at the top
Spain's Rafael Nadal has backed the call for change at FIFA. Photo: PATRICK KOVARIK Tennis superstars Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray waded into the great soccer corruption scandal on Thursday, suggesting...
View ArticleFifa crisis: Sepp Blatter 'raging against the dying of the light'
During the Cold War analysts in the West had to decipher the politics of the Soviet Union using any small scrap of information they could find. The order by which members of the ruling politburo were...
View ArticleSepp Blatter is not going to remain FIFA president, despite him saying 'I did...
See Also Sepp Blatter caused yet another firestorm this week when he said he did not resign as president of FIFA at a party, according to the Swiss newspaper Blick (via the BBC). “I did not resign,”...
View ArticleFifa president Blatter refuses Platini’s call to step down
Fifa president Sepp Blatter showed no signs of bowing to international pressure to resign as he appeared for the first time since senior football officials were arrested over “rampant” corruption...
View ArticleFifa corruption arrests: Football teams across Europe may pull out of 2018...
International football teams across Europe may pull out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia if Sepp Blatter is re-elected as the president of Fifa, the head of Uefa has warned, after allegations of...
View ArticleSepp Blatter: Fifa president's resignation speech in full
Full text of Sepp Blatter speech on 2 June announcing he is to resign as Fifa president after 17 years. "I have been reflecting deeply about my presidency and about the 40 years in which my life has...
View ArticleBlatter out of sight as FIFA corruption scandal deepens
ZURICH: FIFA president Sepp Blatter kept out of sight for the second successive day on Thursday when he failed to show up at a medical conference the day after world soccer's governing body was plunged...
View ArticleBlatter says vote for Russia, Qatar the root of FIFA crisis
The worst corruption crisis in soccer history stems from the governing body's decision to award Russia and Qatar the next two World Cup tournaments, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Friday. Blatter...
View ArticleFrom the mire of corruption, a Fifa leader emerges, it’s … Blatter
Zurich was host to football’s predictable, unedifying spectacle of Sepp Blatter’s re-election in world sport’s most rotten borough ...
View ArticleEven with Sepp Blatter out of the way, FIFA's future still uncertain
Two years ago, Alexandra Wrage resigned from FIFA's Independent Governance Committee in protest of what the anti-corruption expert believed were watered-down efforts to reform the organization.lRelated...
View ArticleSepp Blatter has a ridiculous explanation for why he can't be held...
View photo. (Getty Images) Sepp Blatter is expected to be re-elected president of FIFA on Friday. In his speech to the FIFA congress on before the election, he was as defiant as ever as more people...
View ArticleWhy did Sepp Blatter resign and what now for FIFA?
Key questions about what happens next for FIFA Jun 3:Sepp Blatter back at work as president at FIFA headquartersJun 2:Sepp Blatter's 17-year rule in soccer marked by growth, scandalText of Sepp...
View ArticleFIFA president Sepp Blatter announces his resignation. Why now?
In a dramatic decision Tuesday, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that he is stepping down from his post amid allegations of corruption within the organization. Mr. Blatter’s resignation comes less...
View ArticleSepp Blatter Resigns as FIFA President
Sepp Blatter has resigned as FIFA president, following a massive bribery scandal that rocked the soccer world recently. “I have thoroughly thought about my presidency and the 40 years FIFA has played...
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