Entertainment

• Saturday, May 7th 2016 - 08:11 UTC

  FIFA Ethics committee bans for life Chile and Colombia ex heads of their countries football associations

  

  FIFA Ethics Committee has banned Sergio Jadue and Luis Bedoya for life from all football-related activities at both national and international levels. The decision was revealed in a statement released on May 6.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 08:42 UTC

  Gibraltar victory in its appeal to become a full member of FIFA

  

  The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne has ordered FIFA’s Congress to take all necessary measures to admit the Gibraltar Football Association as a full member of FIFA as soon as possible.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 10:20 UTC

  Qatar World Cup: FIFA's announcement on “Decent Working Conditions”

  

  The announcement by President Gianni Infantino of FIFA that it will establish an oversight body to monitor working conditions on World Cup stadium sites in Qatar shows that FIFA is beginning to take responsibility for those whose work is essential to the holding of the 2022 event.

• Friday, April 22nd 2016 - 08:00 UTC

  Sentenced ex FIFA vice-president in home arrest following surgery in Uruguay

  

  FIFA's former vice-president and ex president of Uruguay's football association Eugenio Figueredo is under home arrest following prostate surgery. Judge Adriana de los Santos authorized the 'temporary' measure while the former official recovers. He was in hospital several days given his age, 84 and heart problems.

• Saturday, April 16th 2016 - 09:00 UTC

  Malbec Day celebrations this weekend in London's Camden Market

  

  This year in addition to retail promotions, Wines of Argentina and the Argentine Embassy in London are celebrating Malbec Day (April 16) with a weekend of promotion and sales “estilo argentino” (Argentine tradition) in Camden Market, one of the coolest and trendiest destinations in London.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2016 - 04:58 UTC

  Another FIFA top official enters a guilty plea to four counts of corruption

  

  Alfredo Hawit entered a guilty plea to four counts of corruption including racketeering, wire fraud and obstructing justice. The former vice president of FIFA and former interim CONCACAF president could face a maximum of 20 years in prison on each count of corruption. The 64-year-old Hawit must also forfeit US$ 950,000 to United States Department of Justice when he is sentenced.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 22:38 UTC

  Bundesliga matches live television rights can't have a single buyer, rules Germany's anti-trust office

  

  Germany’s federal anti-trust office has approved plans to stop any single buyer from winning all the live television rights for Bundesliga soccer matches for the four seasons starting in 2017.

• Thursday, April 7th 2016 - 09:52 UTC

  Uruguay's Damiani has resigned from FIFA's Ethics committee

  

  Uruguay's Juan Pedro Damiani has resigned from FIFA's ethics committee after the Panama Papers showed his law firm acted as an intermediary for a disgraced FIFA official.“We can confirm that Mr. Damiani resigned from his position as member of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee of FIFA,” panel spokesman Marc Tenbuecken reported. The news was advanced by the Uruguayan media.

• Thursday, April 7th 2016 - 09:32 UTC

  Infantino 'dismayed' with doubts about his integrity referred to Panama Papers; 'sad day for journalism'

  

  FIFA's Gianni Infantino says he is “dismayed” that his integrity is being doubted after he was revealed to have signed off a TV rights contract with two businessmen who were later indicted in the U.S. for bribery in FIFA’s corruption scandal.

• Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:32 UTC

  Falklands hospitality praised by stranded Argentine runners

  Falkland Islands provided twenty five Argentine nationals with humanitarian aid (food, warmth and shelter) following the announcement of a week long delay to their return flight to Chile. The group was made up of marathon runners and associates who came to the Islands on March 19 and participated in the Sunday Standard Chartered bank Stanley Marathon. The competition was won by Argentine athlete Rafael Lencina in record time.