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Liberian President Weah concedes poll defeat
AFP, Published on 18/11/2023
» MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian leader and football legend George Weah has conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight presidential run-off, saying it was "time to put national interest above personal interest".
Qatar spied on ex top Swiss prosecutor probing FIFA: media
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» GENEVA - Qatar spied on a former Swiss attorney general and bugged his secret meeting with the FIFA chief, amid fears it could be stripped of hosting the 2022 World Cup, media reported Sunday.
Fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini face fraud trial
AFP, Published on 07/06/2022
» LAUSANNE - Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, face trial on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.
US hands FIFA $201m confiscated taken from corrupt officials
AFP, Published on 25/08/2021
» PARIS: The US Department of Justice has agreed to hand FIFA $201 million confiscated from corrupt football administrators, the governing body of world football announced on Tuesday.
Africa banks on billionaire Motsepe to cure 'sick' CAF
AFP, Published on 11/03/2021
» JOHANNESBURG - South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe is set to become the Confederation of African Football (CAF) president in Rabat Friday, and face the greatest challenge of a career littered with business successes.
Blatter, Platini probe shifts to fraud accusation
AFP, Published on 28/11/2020
» LAUSANNE - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini are now being investigated for "fraud" and "breach of trust" in Switzerland, a source with access to the probe said on Friday.
Al-Khelaifi acquitted, Valcke given suspended sentence in TV rights trial
AFP, Published on 30/10/2020
» BELLINZONA (SWITZERLAND) - Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi was on Friday acquitted by a Swiss court of corruption over the allocation of World Cup TV rights, while former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke was handed a suspended 120-day sentence for a secondary charge.
Valcke and Al-Khelaifi braced for corruption trial verdict
AFP, Published on 30/10/2020
» LAUSANNE - Former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke and Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi will discover Friday if their roles in the "Fifagate" scandal, regarding alleged corruption in the allocation of World Cup TV rights, are damning enough to land them a stretch behind bars.
Valcke and Al-Khelaifi braced for corruption trial verdict
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» LAUSANNE - Former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke and Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi will discover Friday if their roles in the "Fifagate" scandal, regarding alleged corruption in the allocation of World Cup TV rights, are damning enough to land them a stretch behind bars.
FIFA 'mafia' depicted in new Amazon Prime satire
AFP, Published on 04/06/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Fans yearning for the return of professional soccer have spent months rewatching classic matches, obsessing over "contact training" schedules and adopting teams from far-flung leagues that play in empty stadiums.