Tag: FIFA Congress

• Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 06:11 UTC

  UEFA meets on Thursday in a bid to postpone FIFA presidential election

  

  European football's leaders are to meet on Thursday in a bid to postpone FIFA's presidential election. UEFA said Friday's vote should not go ahead after bribery and racketeering charges were laid against senior officials in football's governing body. “These events show, once again, that corruption is deeply rooted in FIFA's culture,” UEFA said.

• Thursday, June 12th 2014 - 06:25 UTC

  Blatter is king of FIFA: age and term of office limits proposals, rejected

  

  FIFA's 209 member federations have overwhelmingly rejected proposals for age limits and term of office limits. Delegates at the FIFA Congress meeting in Sao Paulo booted out the plan that formed part of the recommendations to revamp FIFA's governance.