Former FIFA boss Blatter says money risks ruining the sport
Sepp Blatter, the former boss of soccer’s world governing body FIFA who was ousted during a corruption scandal, has said money risks ruining thesport. FIFA’s...
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Fallen FIFA boss Blatter met U.S. Justice officials, says he is not a suspect
DISGRACED former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday he had met lawyers from the U.S. Justice Department but was not a suspect in their...
Platini allowed to address UEFA Congress as ‘gesture of humanity’
UEFA’s disgraced former president Michel Platini will be allowed to address its Congress on Wednesday as a “gesture of humanity” despite his ban from the...
Blatter and two others facing FIFA investigation over salaries
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke, already banned from football for ethics violations, are facing a fresh investigation, this time over...
Platini appears before top tribunal to appeal six-year ban
Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini appeared before sport’s highest tribunal on Friday to appeal against his six-year ban from football and said he was optimistic...
French football body’s office searched in Blatter investigation
By Joshua Franklin Authorities searched the offices of France’s football federation and seized documents in support of a Swiss investigation into former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Switzerland’s...
Blatter and Platini bans upheld, reduced to six years
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the two most powerful men in world football, had their bans for ethics violations upheld on Wednesday, although they...
FIFA faces day of reckoning as threats mount
The spotlight at next week’s FIFA Congress will fall on the presidential election – but the real key to the future of football’s beleaguered governing...
Platini says he’s done ‘nothing wrong’ as appeal hearing starts
Banned UEFA President Michel Platini arrived on Monday at a hearing to appeal against his suspension from the sport and said he had done nothing...
Blatter to attend FIFA appeal hearing
By Brian Homewood Disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter will return to the headquarters of football’s governing body on February 16 when his appeal against his...
FIFA ethics panel chamber to appeal bans for Blatter and Platini
By John Miller and Brian Homewood FIFA ethics investigators said on Tuesday they planned an appeal that could extend eight-year bans on the president of...
Our View: FIFA under Blatter will be remembered as a den of corruption
IN THE END the mighty FIFA president Sepp Blatter was ousted from the post he had held for 17 years by the ethics committee of...
Blatter and Platini banned by FIFA for eight years
By Simon Evans FIFA President Sepp Blatter and European football chief Michel Platini were both banned from football for eight years on Monday for ethics...
Putin says FIFA’s Blatter ‘a respected person’, deserves Nobel prize
By Maria Tsvetkova, Alexander Winning and Christian Lowe Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter was “a very respected...
Suspended Blatter appears before FIFA ethics board,
By John Miller Suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter appeared before the ethics committee of world soccer’s governing body on Thursday in a case that could...
Blatter says was close to death, ‘between angels and devils’ in hospital
By Brian Homewood Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he had been close to death as he lay in hospital during a mounting scandal over...
Blatter, Platini lose appeals against provisional FIFA bans (updated)
By Michael Shields ZSuspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter and European football chief Michel Platini have lost their appeals against provisional 90-days bans by the global...
Blatter relaxed, recovering and still president, says confidant
By Brian Homewood Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter, his world football federation mired in a corruption crisis, is recovering in hospital after a health scare...
Suspended FIFA chief Blatter in hospital, says lawyer
By Simon Evans SUSPENDED FIFA president Sepp Blatter, his federation mired in a corruption crisis, is in hospital for medical checks but should be discharged...
FIFA’s Blatter blames Platini, England and US for ‘attacks’
By Simon Evans Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was a “ball in a big political power game” involving the United States and Russia...
