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How Carlos Sainz Sr's withdrawal will impact the FIA leadership contest

And then there was one. Perhaps we should not have been surprised to see Carlos Sainz Sr decide not to pursue a late push for the FIA presidency.

Motorsport

What Carlos Sainz Sr's withdrawal means for FIA leadership contest

And then there was one. Perhaps we should not have been surprised to see Carlos Sainz Sr decide not to pursue a late push for the FIA presidency.

Autosport

Gianni Infantino arrives at his moment but football’s response is coming

IN FOCUS: As the ‘King of Soccer’ launches his Club World Cup alongside Donald Trump, opponents to the Fifa president are wondering whether he has pushed his power too far, writes Miguel Delaney

The Independent UK

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The worst sports movie in history? I asked Sepp Blatter about Fifa’s United Passions

Organisation’s former president has no regrets over what was lowest grossing film in US history when released a decade ago

The Guardian - UK

Fifa ‘more poorly governed today than 10 years ago’, open letter to organisation claims

Fifa is “arguably more poorly governed today than it was 10 years ago”, figures from across the world of football have argued in an open letter

The Guardian - UK

Blatter And Platini Cleared In FIFA Graft Case

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini on Tuesday were acquitted on appeal by a Swiss court in a long-running corruption case that shattered their careers as two of the most powerful figures in world football.

International Business Times

Blatter and Platini cleared for a second time in FIFA corruption case

The former FIFA president and former UEFA chief were acquitted of charges including fraud, forgery and misappropriation.

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Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared in corruption case

Evening Standard

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted again over financial wrongdoing at Fifa

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the former Fifa president and former Uefa president, have now won twice in court over charges relating to financial wrongdoing at Fifa

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted again at second trial of financial wrongdoing at FIFA

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have won again in court and now lead 2-0 in trial verdicts against Swiss federal prosecutors

The Independent UK

Blatter And Platini Face New Trial On Fraud Charges

Former soccer leaders Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini face trial for fraud and misappropriation over a 2 million Swiss franc payment.

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Blatter and Platini back in Swiss court in long-running legal saga

Former football leaders Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini return to court for new fraud trial over $2m FIFA payment.

Al Jazeera

Former soccer leaders Blatter and Platini arrive at court for second trial over $2M FIFA payment

Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter has arrived at court in Switzerland for his second trial on fraud, forgery and misappropriation charges

The Independent UK

Blatter, Platini seek redemption in court over football corruption charges

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French football legend Michel Platini are defending their names in a new court appeal hearing starting Monday in Switzerland.

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The Guardian - UK

A vote without a vote: the Saudi World Cup is an act of violence and disdain

The shamelessness of Fifa’s process was fully on show in Zurich during a display of contempt for governance, democracy, love, hope and good sense

The Guardian - UK

The ‘mistake’ that is Fifa’s Club World Cup looms large. But will it even happen?

Sponsors and broadcasters are biding their time while the players’ union has filed a lawsuit over plans for 2025 event

The Independent UK

The World Cup meetings which saw Sepp Blatter’s Nobel Peace Prize dream turn to a nightmare

Now 88, Blatter’s ban from holding a Fifa position ends in 2027 after he served as president of the organisation for 17 years

The Independent UK

Raft of European nations urge Aleksander Ceferin to stay as Uefa president amid EU scrutiny

Ceferin has given a series of mixed messages on the issue of whether he will remain beyond his current term – at what is a critical moment for the European game

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Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou dies at 77

Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou has died

The Conversation

Some sports leaders are trying to defy term limits – which can open the door to corruption

Being a sport administrator comes with many perks, so it’s no surprise many want to stay in their positions as long as possible.

The Guardian - UK

A culture of greed, riddled with inequality. Global football is a mirror of our age

The ECJ Super League ruling lays bare how demand for market competition is a weapon wielded by those in power

The Guardian - UK

Does football need Fifa? Breakaway threat may test Infantino’s grip on global game

Leader of the game’s world governing body would be forced to rethink chasing votes and cash if Uefa and Conmebol unite

The Independent UK

FIFA official Fatma Samoura leaving after 7 years as pioneering woman in soccer

FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura is leaving after seven years as the highest profile woman working in world soccer

The Independent UK

Soccer authorities move toward tougher sanctions for racial abuse over last decade

Kevin-Prince Boateng set soccer on a path toward tougher sanctions in cases of discrimination when he walked off the field to protest racial abuse by an opposing team’s fans a decade ago

The National (Scotland)

Ange Postecoglou insists he won't follow Celtic predecessors who were 'destroyed'

The Parkhead manager is hellbent on securing a world-record eighth treble for his club.

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