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Tag: UEFA FIFA gate
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Saturday, October 10th 2015 - 02:56 UTC
FIFA in turmoil: Blatter appeals suspension; emergency meeting 20 October
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has appealed against the 90-day ban that forced him out of office, as world football's sleaze-tainted governing body headed into months of turmoil over how to find a new leader.
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Tuesday, July 21st 2015 - 04:33 UTC
Despite incident, defiant Blatter won't leave FIFA until after successor is elected February 26
A British comedian disrupted a news conference by Sepp Blatter on Monday, showering the FIFA president with fake money. As Blatter took his seat, performer Simon Brodkin rose from a front-row seat to confront him.
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Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 09:27 UTC
FIFA case: US investigator 'fairly confident' of another round of indictments
Richard Weber, the United States Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) leader of criminal investigations, told The New York Times he was fairly confident that there would be another round of indictments, following on the 14 FIFA officials accused of racketeering and accepting $150 million in bribes to rig marketing contracts and the selection of the host country for the 2010 World Cup.
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Friday, May 29th 2015 - 08:27 UTC
Asian confederation announces it will support Blatter on Friday
The Asian Football Confederation says it still supports Sepp Blatter's bid for another term as FIFA president, and opposes any move to delay Friday's scheduled elections in the wake of a string of corruption arrests of some of the federation's top officials.
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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.
