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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.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 3, 2025

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 · Dec 11, 2024

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 Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024

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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 · Nov 7, 2024

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

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2024

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 Independent UK · Aug 8, 2024

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 Conversation · May 20, 2024

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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 · Dec 24, 2023

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 Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2023

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 · Jun 14, 2023

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 Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

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.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 3, 2023

For 140 years time-wasting has afflicted football and there is still no solution

Teams will always be ready to slow the game down until the authorities can make them think twice

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023

Sepp Blatter leaves fans baffled with message to Roy Hodgson on social media

Roy Hodgson has been re-appointed as the new Crystal Palace manager on a deal until the end of the current campaign - and Sepp Blatter has sent him a welcoming message

Daily Mirror · Mar 21, 2023

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The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

Gianni Infantino, elected by no one, sweeps to Fifa power again

Infantino has extended his stay as Fifa president for another four years after winning an election unopposed, and a loophole in the rules means he will likely take his reign all the way to 2031

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Who was the first American to play football for a major European team?

Plus: the tightest Premier League relegation battles at this stage and Sepp Blatter’s playing career

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2022

Sepp Blatter criticises FIFA president Gianni Infantino for ‘over-commercialisation’ of football

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised Gianni Infantino after he announced plans to reformat both the World Cup and the Club World Cup.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022

The winner is … Qatar: curtain comes down on Project Hard Football Power

It was costly, carbon-heavy, bloodstained and corruption-shadowed but this micromanaged power play couldn’t have gone much better for the hosts

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022

World Cup 2022 briefing: Qatar’s big show comes to an end

Despite the grimness surrounding Fifa’s often tawdry but carefully buffed spectacle, the tournament has shone on one front

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2022

As Qatar’s World Cup ends it is time for truth: Fifa chose death and suffering

Fifa had options in 2010 and from the moment it made its bid decision, there was only one route from there to here

Daily Record · Dec 7, 2022

Roy Keane wants no World Cup frills but flamboyance is a birthright for Brazil's superstars - Keith Jackson

The Manchester United icon wasn't having any of the celebrations against South Korea, but was it too far?

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2022

World Cup 2022: heat on Qatar diverts attention from Fifa's failure to tackle proven corruption

Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 men’s football World Cup has provoked a fair degree of anger and confusion. Why, many have asked, was the tournament awarded to a country with such a poor record on human rights in general and LGBTQ+ rights in particular?

Axios · Nov 23, 2022

The pros and cons of Qatar's historically small World Cup

Qatar, a country the size of Connecticut, built eight stadiums within 33 miles of each other.

Daily Mirror · Nov 22, 2022

Qatar's cultural transformation since 1996 when England last won the World Cup

It has been quite the ride to get here but the World Cup has arrived in Qatar but we all know this one is much bigger than the football

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022

I hate the very idea of this World Cup in Qatar, but I’ll have to watch: it’s the beautiful game

While sport speaks to the best of the human spirit, officials too often degrade it, says author and broadcaster Mihir Bose

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