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US to disburse $92m to FIFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF in wake of corruption probe
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» NEW YORK: FIFA and other entities injured in the global football corruption scheme that exploded in 2015 are set to receive another $92 million in compensation, the US Department of Justice said Thursday.
Trial opens for fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» BELLINZONA: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, went on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment.
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.
FIFA faces new attack over rights in World Cup host Qatar
AFP, Published on 31/03/2022
» DOHA: Lingering divisions over FIFA's decision to hold the World Cup in Qatar overshadowed the annual congress of football's world governing body on Thursday, forcing its president Gianni Infantino to insist that the event had already brought change to the Arab state.
Fifa heads for record $7bn revenues
AFP, Published on 31/03/2022
» DOHA: The Federation Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) is on target to reap record revenues of US$7 billion on the back of this year's Qatar World Cup, president Gianni Infantino said Thursday as experts predicted a long-term financial boom for football.
One year from World Cup, clock ticks ever louder for Qatar
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» DOHA: After upending the football establishment by winning the right to host the World Cup, Qatar's preparations are heading into overdrive with a year to go as they rush to welcome more than a million fans and prove their critics wrong.
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.
US hands Swiss bank red card in FIFA bribe scandal
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» NEW YORK: Swiss Bank Julius Baer admitted it participated in money laundering of $36 million in bribes in the "FIFAgate" scandal over television broadcast rights, US officials announced on Thursday.
FIFA extends ban on Blatter until 2028
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» LAUSANNE: FIFA banned its former president Sepp Blatter until 2028 on Wednesday after handing him a new suspension of six years and eight months for receiving huge bonuses.
As Platini faces his days in court, FIFA's legal woes pile up
AFP, Published on 14/03/2021
» LAUSANNE: Michel Platini will face Swiss prosecutors on three consecutive days next week as he answers questions in two of the raft of cases that still beset global football and its leaders, past and present.