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Swiss probe into Fifa chief Infantino dropped
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» GENEVA - Swiss prosecutors have dropped their three-year criminal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over suspected collusion with officials concerning the corruption scandal that engulfed world football's governing body.
Ex-Spain football boss in court over World Cup kiss scandal
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» MADRID - Five days after resigning as Spain's football chief, Luis Rubiales is due in court Friday on sexual assault charges over forcibly kissing women's World Cup player Jenni Hermoso.
Tokyo Olympics exec arrested over bribery allegations
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» TOKYO: A board member for the Tokyo Olympics was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of taking bribes, prosecutors said, along with three other men connected to the scandal.
Former world football bigwigs cleared of fraud
Published on 08/07/2022
» Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were cleared on Friday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and ended their time at the top.
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.
China gives Li Na 'cold shoulder' decade on from changing tennis
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» SHANGHAI: - A decade ago, more than 110 million people tuned in from China to watch Li Na become the first Asian-born player to win a Grand Slam singles title, but now she is rarely seen on TV or in the country's media.
Coach of tainted Thai weightlifting team suspended
Published on 20/03/2021
» The coach of the Thailand women’s weightlifting team that lost three world titles in a doping scandal in 2018 has been charged with a doping offence and provisionally suspended.
Intarat appointed interim International Weightlifting Federation chief
Sports, Published on 16/10/2020
» Thailand's Maj Gen Intarat Yodbangtoey has taken over as interim president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after Ursula Papandrea of the United States was removed from the post in a boardroom putsch.
US facing sanctions call over funding threat: WADA
AFP, Published on 04/09/2020
» MONTREAL: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is set to consider a rule change which could threaten American participation at the Olympics if the United States withdraws funding from the global drugs watchdog, officials said Thursday.