FIFA

FBI extends FIFA scrutiny to World Cup host bids of Russia, Qatar

The FBI's investigation of bribery and corruption at FIFA includes scrutiny of how soccer's governin...

Jun 05, 2015 09:23 AM EDT

Long arm of U.S. law may struggle to reach all FIFA defendants

U.S. prosecutors may find it difficult to get a number of the people they have charged in the FIFA b...

Jun 04, 2015 09:00 AM EDT

Blatter rocks world soccer by quitting FIFA amid scandal

Sepp Blatter rocked the world of soccer on Tuesday by unexpectedly saying he would step down as FIFA...

Jun 02, 2015 06:32 PM EDT

FIFA scandal deepens as Blatter aide linked to payments

U.S. prosecutors believe FIFA President Sepp Blatter's top lieutenant made $10 million in bank trans...

Jun 02, 2015 08:23 AM EDT

German justice minister urges new start at FIFA without Blatter

Germany's Justice Minister said on Friday he did not believe FIFA President Sepp Blatter could conti...

May 29, 2015 09:16 AM EDT

Questions arise about banks' role in FIFA bribery case

A raft of banks could face tough questions in the sweeping U.S. crackdown on alleged corruption in g...

May 28, 2015 06:11 AM EDT

Global soccer officials arrested in U.S., Swiss corruption cases

Swiss police arrested some of the most powerful figures in global soccer on Wednesday, announcing a ...

May 27, 2015 07:11 AM EDT

FIFA ethics investigator Garcia resigns in protest

FIFA ethics investigator Michael Garcia resigned on Wednesday in protest at the way his report into ...

Dec 17, 2014 06:26 PM EST

FIFA in limbo after latest twist in World Cup saga

FIFA appeared to be in limbo on Thursday as a long-awaited report on the turbulent bidding process f...

Nov 13, 2014 11:22 PM EST

Garcia criticizes FIFA for secrecy in ethics probe

Michael Garcia, the lead investigator into alleged corruption surrounding the 2018 and 2022 World Cu...

Oct 14, 2014 09:51 AM EDT

Players plan lawsuit over women's World Cup surface

Lawyers representing 40 top women's soccer players challenged FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Associati...

Sep 28, 2014 12:35 AM EDT

Qatar forfeit basketball game in hijab row

The Qatar women's basketball team forfeited a game at the Asian Games on Wednesday after being refus...

Sep 24, 2014 07:44 AM EDT

FIFA faces more calls for transparency

FIFA faced more calls for greater transparency on Friday when its own ethics investigator joined the...

Sep 22, 2014 10:00 PM EDT

Report says FIFA outdoes NGOs in tax exemption

Set up as a not-for-profit association in Switzerland, FIFA does not pay any taxes from revenues it ...

Jun 17, 2014 06:02 PM EDT

2014 World Cup sheds light on benefits of player migration laws to non-European national teams

Chrysovalantis Vasilakis of the University of Warwick has reportedly found in a study of the increas...

Jun 17, 2014 04:47 PM EDT

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