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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.
'Dream come true' as women's World Cup heads Down Under
AFP, Published on 26/06/2020
» WELLINGTON - Football lovers in Australia and New Zealand offered rare praise for FIFA's transparency Friday after the southern hemisphere neighbours won hosting rights for the 2023 women's World Cup.
Worawi in Swiss probe focus
Online Reporters, Published on 28/05/2015
» Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Worawi Makudi and nine other Fifa executive committee members are the focus of a Swiss government criminal investigation of criminal mismanagement and money laundering in connection with awarding the World Cups of 2018 and 2022 to Russia and Qatar.
UCI accused of giving Froome unfair advantage
AFP, Published on 15/06/2014
» World cycling's governing body has been accused of giving British rider Chris Froome an unfair advantage in the Tour of Romandie in April by allowing him to use a steroid-based drug.
Cookson vows to clean up UCI if elected
AFP, Published on 18/09/2013
» International Cycling Union (UCI) presidential candidate Brian Cookson has vowed to cleanse the organisation of its tarnished reputation over doping if he is elected next week.
UK's Cookson launches plan to unseat world cycling chief
AFP, Published on 05/06/2013
» Dragging cycling from the "mire" of the Lance Armstrong affair will be Brian Cookson's objective if the British Cycling chief succeeds in unseating International Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid later this year.