Tag: FIFA

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2014 - 04:48 UTC

  Blatter favors playing the 2022 Qatar World Cup in November/December

  

  Holding the controversy-plagued 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar at the end of that year rather than the scorching summer is FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s preferred option, he told French radio station France Info.

• Saturday, October 18th 2014 - 11:01 UTC

  FIFA will not make public full report on alleged corruption in 2018/22 World Cup bidding

  

  FIFA’s ethics judge says full publication of Michael Garcia’s report on alleged corruption in the 2018/2022 World Cup bidding race is not legally possible and would breach confidentiality agreements with interviewees.

• Wednesday, October 1st 2014 - 07:00 UTC

  UEFA member Gibraltar will appeal FIFA decision rejecting its incorporation

  

  Gibraltar's football association has announced it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after FIFA rejected its bid to become a member. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the “FA of Gibraltar cannot be accepted as a member of FIFA” because it contravened the world governing body's statutes regarding independent territories.

• Tuesday, September 30th 2014 - 22:47 UTC

  Blatter assures Asia (and Africa) votes for his fifth bid as FIFA president

  

  Asian Football Confederation chief Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has joined his African counterpart in officially backing Sepp Blatter’s bid for re-election. Last week Issa Hayatou and the Confederation of African Football executive committee “unanimously resolved” to support Blatter for a fifth term as FIFA president.

• Sunday, September 28th 2014 - 10:10 UTC

  Blatter says 'corruption report' will not be made public arguing 'confidentiality'

  

  Sepp Blatter says a report into allegations of corruption in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests will not be made public. During a press conference wrapping up a two-day executive meeting, the FIFA president said that the report by the federation’s chief investigator Michael Garcia will not be published.

• Tuesday, September 16th 2014 - 05:10 UTC

  Blatter has a challenger for next year's FIFA president election: Champagne

  

  Former FIFA official Jerome Champagne has formally announced that he will stand against incumbent Sepp Blatter in next year's election for president of the world soccer body.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 04:55 UTC

  Blatter will run for a fifth term, despite ongoing corruption scandals

  

  Sepp Blatter has confirmed he will run for a fifth, four-year term as FIFA president. Buoyed by a successful World Cup in Brazil and UEFA President Michel Platini opting not to stand in next year’s election, the 78-year-old Blatter believes he has the backing to win again.

• Monday, August 11th 2014 - 07:55 UTC

  Blatter challenges his critics to take the risk and stand for FIFA election

  

  FIFA President Sepp Blatter has challenged his critics to “take the risk” and stand for election against him next year. Although he did not identify potential rivals in the ballot scheduled in May, he appeared to target UEFA President Michel Platini.

• Thursday, July 31st 2014 - 07:01 UTC

  Argentine football decrees 7-day mourn for Grondona's death; Blatter expected for the funeral

  

  The head of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and second-in-command of the FIFA international football governing body passed away at the Sanatorio Mitre private medical center where he had been hospitalized for a cardiac failure earlier on Wednesday.

• Saturday, July 26th 2014 - 05:45 UTC

  FIFA rejects calls to strip Russia of the 2018 World Cup over Ukraine crisis

  

  Amid mounting criticism of Russia over the MH17 plane tragedy and conflict with Ukraine, FIFA rejects calls for the country to be stripped of 2018 World Cup hosting rights and says a boycott is no solution to the crisis.