FIFA reforms: What happens next?
(CNN)Monday signals not only the real start of the race for the FIFA presidency, but also a significant day for the man in charge of reforming world football's governing body. The Emergency Executive...
View ArticleSepp Blatter: 'I've done nothing illegal,' says FIFA president
(CNN)Sepp Blatter is going nowhere. The embattled FIFA president has insisted he has done nothing wrong after the Swiss attorney general opened an investigation targeting the 70-year-old, who has been...
View ArticleFIFA investigating whether Germany bribed its way to 2006 World Cup bid
Robert Louis-Dreyfus Fabian Matzerath / EPA Former Adidas boss Robert Louis-Dreyfus and his alleged slush fund for Germany's 2006 World Cup bid are part of the focus of the latest FIFA investigation....
View ArticleChung Mong-Joon: FIFA hopeful says rival Platini should not win presidency
(CNN)Michel Platini may be the frontrunner to become FIFA's next president, but his latest rival says the Frenchman cannot expect an easy ride at February's elections according to his latest rival....
View ArticleFIFA to elect new president in February
(CNN)A new FIFA president will be elected on February 26, 2016, football's world governing body has announced. An Emergency Executive Committee meeting in Zurich has determined that will be the date...
View ArticleCould Russia, Qatar lose future World Cups?
(CNN)When the envelopes were opened and the soccer world learned Russia and Qatar had won the right to host the World Cups of 2018 and 2022, it was a surprise. FIFA portrayed the results as a...
View ArticleFIFA presidential race: Gianni Infantino denies being Michel Platini's 'puppet'
(CNN)He has been accused of being the "puppet" of disgraced UEFA boss Michel Platini, but FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino insists he is his own man. The Swiss-Italian worked under Platini...
View ArticleSwiss: FIFA official is extradited to the U.S.
(CNN)A FIFA official being held in Switzerland as part of a corruption scandal has been extradited to the United States, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice said Thursday. Earlier this month, U.S....
View ArticleJack Warner: Disgraced former official banned for life by FIFA
(CNN)Disgraced former FIFA official Jack Warner has been banned from football for life by world soccer's governing body. Follow @cnnsport The former FIFA vice-president quit football four years ago...
View ArticleFIFA corruption scandal: What happens next?
(CNN)The unprecedented U.S. investigation into FIFA, world soccer's governing body, has sent shock waves rippling across the globe. With defendants facing extradition from Europe, South America and the...
View ArticleSwiss open 2006 World Cup criminal case against Beckenbauer
ZURICH:�Soccer�great Franz Beckenbauer is a criminal suspect in a World Cup fraud case. Beckenbauer’s home in Austria was raided for evidence on Thursday on behalf of Swiss federal prosecutors...
View ArticleMore questions are raised about Beckenbauer's role
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — From his days as the backbone of the defense to his days roaming the sidelines, Franz Beckenbauer has been synonymous with the best of German soccer. "Der Kaiser" won the...
View ArticleGerman FA president Wolfgang Niersbach denies World Cup slush fund
• Niersbach says 2006 committee acted fairly and legally...
View ArticleReport says Germany bought the rights to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Germany may have spent up to 10.3 million Swiss francs (about $11 million today) in bribes to host the World Cup in 2006, according to documents obtained by German newspaper Der Spiegel. The newspaper...
View ArticleGerman football boss admits to FIFA payment ahead of WC
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) A previously secret financial deal between Sepp Blatter and Franz Beckenbauer was revealed by the German football federation on Thursday as it sought to further defend a...
View ArticleReport: Germany paid FIFA members bribes for 2006 World Cup
Germany's winning bid for the 2006 World Cup was aided by bribes paid to FIFA executive committee members, the German newsweekly Der Spiegel reported today. Spiegel said the German bidding committee...
View ArticleGermany reportedly bribed FIFA for 2006 World Cup
Germany's winning bid for the 2006 World Cup was aided by bribes paid to FIFA executive committee members, the German newsweekly Der Spiegel reported. Spiegel said on Friday that the German bidding...
View ArticleBeckenbauer admits 'mistake,' says no vote buying
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Franz Beckenbauer said Monday it was his mistake to make a payment to FIFA in return for a financial grant to Germany's 2006 World Cup organizing committee. In a brief...
View ArticleWorld Cup Scandal: Germany Appears to Have Bought Right to Host 2006 Tournament
Information obtained by SPIEGEL suggests the German bidding committee created a slush fund in its effort to land the rights to host the 2006 World Cup. Senior officials, including football hero Franz...
View ArticleFIFA judges want 2-year ban for Niersbach in 2006 bid case
GENEVA — Just 10 days after the rebranded FIFA Council met for the first time, one of its members faces being banned from soccer in fallout from World Cup corruption allegations. FIFA ethics...
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