Tag: FIFA

• Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 07:22 UTC

  Rousseff and Blatter to discuss disputes regarding organization of 2014 World Cup

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff plans to meet the president of soccer's world governing body on Monday to resolve a legal dispute over the 2014 World Cup, the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported.

• Thursday, August 18th 2011 - 06:26 UTC

  FIFA is “like an old boys’ network” claims Transparency International

  

  FIFA should limit terms for senior officials, set up an independent group to clear up anti-corruption allegations and “embrace transparency,” corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) said.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 - 23:16 UTC

  FIFA ethics committee confirms “convincing and overwhelming” evidence of corruption

  

  FIFA's ethics committee found “comprehensive, convincing and overwhelming” evidence that Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner were involved in attempted bribery, according to the preliminary report that led to the suspension of the two officials.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 04:25 UTC

  Blatter re-elected unopposed; proposes deep reforms for FIFA to fight corruption

  

  Sepp Blatter was re-elected on Wednesday unopposed for a fourth term as FIFA president, shrugging off the scandals that have hit world soccer's governing body to secure another four years in charge.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 08:56 UTC

  Grondona: the only time I asked for something was for the English to return our Malvinas Islands

  

  Julio Grondona president of Argentina’s Football Association, AFA, and FIFA Vice-president strongly denied having been bribed to support Qatar World Cup bid in 2022 and said the only time he ever asked for something was when he told the English they could have his vote “if they returned what belongs to Argentina, the Malvinas Islands”.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 22:52 UTC

  Top-tier sponsors Coca Cola, Visa pressure FIFA to undertake sweeping reforms

  

  Top-tier sponsors Visa Inc and Emirates Airlines added to pressure on FIFA to undertake sweeping reform, as England urged the postponement of President Sepp Blatter's unopposed re-election.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 07:39 UTC

  Blatter denies FIFA crisis, admits ‘great image damage’ by corruption allegations

  

  Sepp Blatter has insisted that Fifa is not in crisis, despite the “great damage” done to its image by ongoing corruption allegations. “Football is not in a crisis, only some difficulties,” said the Fifa president.

• Thursday, May 19th 2011 - 22:19 UTC

  England decides to abstain from voting for FIFA presidency

  

  England’s Football Association's board has decided to abstain in the vote for the presidency of Fifa. Sepp Blatter, the current head of football's world governing body, is being challenged by Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam, the president of the Asian Football Confederation.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  World Cups 2018/2022 corruption claims widens; FIFA asks for evidence

  

  FIFA has requested evidence from England's Football Association following claims from its former chairman of corruption by four top-level members of world soccer's governing body.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2011 - 21:16 UTC

  Triesman claims FIFA members asked for favours to vote for England 2018 World Cup

  

  Former English football association chairman David Triesman has accused FIFA executive committee members Jack Warner, Ricardo Teixeira, Nicolas Leoz and Worawi Makudi of asking for favours in return for their votes for England's 2018 World Cup bid.