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Ref corruption case is Spanish football's worst ever moment - La Liga president
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» BARCELONA: Spanish football is enduring its worst ever moment because of the refereeing corruption case involving Barcelona, La Liga president Javier Tebas said Monday.
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.
Rio Olympic results could take years to confirm: WADA
AFP, Published on 21/06/2016
» LONDON - The incoming director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said it could be years before the results of August's Rio Olympics are upheld.
Russia's Olympic hammer champion Lysenko suspended over doping
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» PARIS - Russian hammer thrower Tatyana Lysenko, the reigning Olympic champion and two-time former world gold medallist, has been provisionally suspended for doping, the IAAF announced on Tuesday.
German FA launch proceedings against Beckenbauer, FIFA
AFP, Published on 06/02/2016
» COLOGNE (GERMANY) - German football chiefs Friday launched a lawsuit involving Franz Beckenbauer, world governing body FIFA, two former German federation (DFB) presidents as well as the former head of Adidas as part of the 2006 World Cup scandal.
Germany pledged millions to Warner for FIFA World Cup vote - report
AFP, Published on 19/12/2015
» BERLIN - Germany's football association promised a package worth millions of euros to secure a crucial vote from disgraced official Jack Warner for its bid to host the 2006 World Cup, Der Spiegel said Friday.
German FA deep in bribery, graft
AFP, Published on 09/11/2015
» BERLIN - German Football Association (DFB) boss Wolfgang Niersbach faces tough questioning at a crisis meeting on Monday over claims that bribes were paid in order to host the 2006 World Cup.
Riis aware of doping on CSC team: anti-doping agency
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» COPENHAGEN - Bjarne Riis knew about widespread doping on the former Team CSC which he managed, according to a report released Tuesday by Denmark's anti-doping agency.
Armstrong reaches settlement in one fraud case
AFP, Published on 21/11/2013
» Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong reached a settlement in one of the fraud cases spawned by his confession that his Tour De France victories were fuelled by doping.
Bayern chief charged with German tax evasion
AFP, Published on 30/07/2013
» Prosecutors charged Bayern Munich's powerful president Uli Hoeness with tax evasion Tuesday, a court said, after a months-long, high-profile probe that has rocked German sport and politics.