Sports
Hours after the indictment of top officials of world soccer’s governing organization, Europe’s soccer body called for the postponement of Friday’s scheduled FIFA presidential election and is considering boycotting this week’s FIFA conference.
May 27, 2015
FIFA sank deeper into a crisis on Friday that threatened to take down the two most powerful men in world football.
Sept. 25, 2015
FIFA said in a statement Monday that it has “no legal grounds” to remove the 2018 and 2022 World Cup competitions from Russia and Qatar, despite widespread speculation that bribery led to the awarding of soccer’s biggest event to the regions back in 2010.
June 8, 2015
June 2, 2015
FIFA has been routinely called “scandal-plagued” for much of Sepp Blatter’s 17-year presidential reign.
Four years after stepping down in disgrace, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was banned from soccer for life on Tuesday, accused of repeated acts of bribery related to World Cup bidding votes.
Sept. 29, 2015
FIFA suspended President Sepp Blatter’s right-hand man Jerome Valcke on Thursday and ordered an investigation into alleged unethical conduct, throwing world soccer’s scandal-scarred governing body into further turmoil.
Sept. 17, 2015
World & Nation
The United States has submitted a formal request for Switzerland to extradite seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich as part of a corruption probe that has rocked soccer’s world governing body.
July 2, 2015
FIFA handed over technical data to Swiss authorities investigating the bidding processes behind the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, multiple sources reported.
June 10, 2015
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, who is running against incumbent Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency, says Wednesday’s arrests of top soccer officials underlines the need for new leadership within the organization.