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    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of fraud by Swiss court

      Judges find ‘no intention of unlawful enrichment’ over payments made in 2011

      Sepp Blatter outside the Federal Criminal Court, in Bellinzona, Switzerland
    • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
      FIFA
      Blatter and Platini face fraud charges in Fifa corruption probe

      Former heads of world and European football indicted by Swiss authorities over $2m payment

    • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
      FIFA
      Fifa files criminal complaint over world football museum

      Sport’s governing body alleges its ex-president Sepp Blatter part of mismanagement of $563m project

    • Saturday, 21 October, 2017
      Sport
      British sports scandals show that abuse is being challenged

      More attention being shone on coaches and governing bodies

      Mark Sampson watches players warm up during his time as coach of the England women's football team
    • Tuesday, 27 June, 2017
      Sport
      World Cup Garcia report piles more pressure on Fifa chiefs and Qatar

      Withheld Garcia findings detail methods used to secure tournament

      Football Soccer - Qatar v South Korea - World Cup 2018 Qualifiers - Doha, Qatar - 13/6/17- Fans hold t-shirts with pictures depicting Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani . The t-shirts read: "Tamim is the glory." REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2017
      Sport
      Ex-banker pleads guilty to aiding bribes in Fifa scandal

      Shell companies allegedly used to hide payments to officials from marketing company

      SOUTH KOREAN MAN TAKES PICTURE OF THE SOCCER WORLD CUP TROPHY IN SEOUL...A South Korean man takes a photo of the World Cup soccer trophy during a ceremony at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul May 28, 2002. A total of 32 nations are set to take part in Asia's first World Cup, which South Korea and Japan will co-host in 20 cities.  REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic
    • Sunday, 30 April, 2017
      World
      High-ranking Fifa official resigns after bribery allegations

      Kuwait’s al-Sabah denies claims emerging from US probe

      FILE PHOTO - Kuwait's member of the FIFA executive committee Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah poses for photographers after a meeting of the FIFA Council at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
    • Thursday, 27 April, 2017
      Sport
      French launch investigation into football World Cup bids

      Blatter questioned amid doubts over Russia and Qatar tournaments

      SARANSK, RUSSIA - APRIL 14, 2017: The construction site of Mordovia Arena Stadium, a venue for 2018 FIFA World Cup matches. Yegor Aleyev/TASS (Photo by Yegor Aleyev\TASS via Getty Images)
    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2017
      Sport
      Fifa to expand football World Cup to 48 teams
    • Friday, 9 September, 2016
      fastFT
      Fifa starts formal proceedings against Sepp Blatter
    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2016
      ObituarySport
      João Havelange, world football chief, 1916-2016

      Fifa president who became tainted by bribery findings

      Former president of the FIFA Joao Havelange of Brazil attends a ceremony after receiving a medal from the Paraguayan Olympic Committee in Luque January 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno/File photo
    • Monday, 20 June, 2016
      Sport
      KPMG quits Fifa over reform programme doubts

      New president ‘not trusted’ to make sweeping changes after bribery scandal

      FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino smiles during an interview with AFP on February 24, 2016 in Zurich. FIFA presidential favourites Gianni Infantino and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa embarked on a final scramble for votes ahead of the election to lead world football's scandal-tainted governing body. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 13 June, 2016
      European companies
      KPMG Switzerland resigns as Fifa auditor

      Move comes as football governing body undergoes corruption probes

      ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JULY 20: A comedian attacked FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter with money during a press conference at the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA headquarters on July 20, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)
    • Friday, 3 June, 2016
      Sport
      Blatter and Fifa chiefs allegedly secured $80m in secret payments

      Internal investigation reveals series of bonuses and special payouts over 5-year period

      SWITZERLAND-FBL-WC2014-WC2022-FIFA-RIGHTS-QATAR-BRAZIL...FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks during a press conference following an executive meeting of the world football governing body at the Home of FIFA on March 21, 2014 in Zurich. A report on the rights of migrant workers involved in the construction of sports infrastructure in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup and an update on the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil were on the agenda. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL BUHOLZER (Photo credit should read MICHAEL BUHOLZER/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Friday, 3 June, 2016
      Sport
      Blatter named in $80m Fifa secret bonus investigation
    • Sunday, 29 May, 2016
      Sport
      France mulls probe into Qatar 2022 decision

      Move follows allegations that senior figures may have exerted pressure on Fifa

      UEFA President Michel Platini arrives for a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in an appeal against FIFA's ethics committee's ban, in Lausanne, Switzerland April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
    • Friday, 13 May, 2016
      Sport
      Fifa appoints Senegalese woman as its new secretary-general

      Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura assumes position in the wake of damaging corruption scandal

      MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - MAY 13: FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura as the new FIFA General Secretary during the 66th FIFA Congress at Centro Banamex on May 13, 2016 in Mexico City. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
    • Friday, 13 May, 2016
      World
      Fifa appoints first ever female secretary general
    • Monday, 9 May, 2016
      Sport
      Uefa president Platini to resign after appeal against ban fails

      Arbitration court upholds need for lengthy sanctions

      File photo dated 19-09-2014 of Michel Platini. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday May 9, 2016. UEFA president Michel Platini has had his ban from all football-related activity reduced to four years from six, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced. See PA story SOCCER Platini. Photo credit should read John Walton/PA Wire.
    • Monday, 9 May, 2016
      World
      Michel Platini to step down from Uefa
    • Monday, 28 March, 2016
      Sport
      Former Honduran president pleads guilty in Fifa bribes case

      Rafael Callejas faces up to 20 years in prison on each of two conspiracy charges

    • Friday, 18 March, 2016
      Sport
      China’s Wanda signs World Cup sponsorship deal with Fifa

      Richest man gives commercial backing to scandal-hit football body

      FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino smiles during an interview with AFP on February 24, 2016 in Zurich. FIFA presidential favourites Gianni Infantino and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa embarked on a final scramble for votes ahead of the election to lead world football's scandal-tainted governing body. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Friday, 18 March, 2016
      fastFT
      Fifa bags Wanda Group as new sponsor
    • Thursday, 17 March, 2016
      World
      Disgraced former Fifa president Blatter paid $3.7m salary

      Doubling of legal charges pushes football’s governing body to a loss

    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2016
      Sport
      Swiss seize French evidence in Fifa corruption case

      Allegations deepen against former football boss Sepp Blatter over ‘Sfr2m payment’

      The logo of the French Football Federation (FFF) is seen at the FFF headquarters in Paris, France, in this picture taken on July 3, 2008. Authorities searched the offices of France's soccer federation and seized documents in suppport of a Swiss investigation into former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Switzerland's Office of the Attorney
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