Tag: 2010 FIFA World Cup

• Friday, June 5th 2015 - 04:27 UTC

  Henry's handball blessed Ireland with US$ 5m and France a place in South Africa 2010

  

  The latest revelations of allegations of irregular payments by FIFA have brought Ireland, South Africa and Venezuela under the spotlight. In effect a FIFA official has admitted Ireland received 5 million dollars in compensation for missing out on a place at the 2010 World Cup after a handball by player Thierry Henry gave France victory and a place in South Africa.

• Thursday, June 4th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

  Whistleblower Blazer admitted receiving bribes for hosts of 1998 and 2010 World Cups

  

  Former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer told a U.S. federal judge that he and others on the governing body's ruling panel agreed to receive bribes in the votes for the hosts of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.

• Monday, June 1st 2015 - 07:20 UTC

  South Africa admits paying 10m dollars, but it was not a bribe “to secure 2010 World Cup”

  

  South Africa did pay 10m dollars to a football body led by Jack Warner, a figure at the centre of FIFA corruption allegations, local media say. Danny Jordaan, head of South Africa's FA, is quoted as confirming that the amount was deducted from a FIFA payment to the country in 2008.

• Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 00:18 UTC

  “Red Card” for 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials

  

  The United States Department of Justice brought charges on racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering on 14 FIFA and sports marketing officials. Dubbed the “World Cup of corruption” by Richard Weber, chief of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation unit, the charges are the result of an investigation from the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Eastern New York.

• Friday, May 30th 2014 - 22:02 UTC

  Brazuca ball less erratic than the Jabulani used at South Africa, say Japanese scientists

  

  Scientists in Japan say the Brazuca 2014 World Cup ball will be less erratic than the Jabulani used at South Africa 2010. The Brazuca is the 12th World Cup match ball designed by Adidas. The Jabulani was criticized for its light weight and unpredictability.

• Monday, February 18th 2013 - 06:14 UTC

  Brazil deploys elite forces in southern state to contain wave of violent attacks from drug lords

  

  Elite police commando units fanned out across the streets of the Brazilian southern state of Santa Catarina over the weekend in an attempt to contain a wave of violent attacks over the past two weeks.

• Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:39 UTC

  Rio police begins to use drones to control drugs and crime in the city’s shanty towns

  

  A battalion of Special Forces (BOPE) from the Brazilian city of Rio do Janeiro started using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones to air monitor the drugs trade and gangs in shanty towns surrounding the “marvellous city”.

• Friday, May 20th 2011 - 19:29 UTC

  Brazil’s Golden Age–or Parade of White Elephants?

  

  by COHA Research Associate Augustus Urschel.
  The 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
  Winning the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic bids continues to have both intended and unexpected consequences for this year’s miracle country. On November 28, 2010, Brazilian police and soldiers seized the Complexo do Alemão, a large favela in the Northern Zone of Rio, from drug lords.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2011 - 21:56 UTC

  FIFA announces 631 million USD profit in 2007/2010

  

  Football's governing body FIFA said Thursday that they had achieved a profit of 631 million US dollars over a four year period starting 2007. FIFA revenue during this period was 4.189 billion USD, while the expenses amounted to 3.558 billion USD, the organisation said in a statement.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Half a million Brazilians murdered between 1998 and 2008

  

  Brazil is the sixth most murderous country in a list of 100 nations around the world, according to a new study sponsored by the government and released Thursday.