More 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 ArticleFIFA probes claim Germany bought votes for 2006 World Cup (PFA - Professional...
(Source: PFA - Professional Footballers' Association) FIFA is to investigate 'very serious'' allegations that Germany used a secret slush fund for bribes to buy votes for the 2006 World Cup. German...
View ArticleFIFA to publish Michael Garcia report -- with redactions
updated 8:33 AM EST, Fri December 19, 2014 A published report claims UEFA president Michel Platini was gifted a Picasso painting in return for support for the Russia 2018 World Cup bid. Platini...
View ArticleFIFA judges want 2-year ban for Niersbach in 2006 bid case
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 prosecutors on...
View ArticleFIFA scandal: Jeffrey Webb pleads not guilty in New York
New York (CNN)Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb pleaded not guilty Saturday to federal racketeering and bribery charges in connection with a massive corruption scandal. Webb, onetime head of...
View ArticleChuck Blazer: FIFA hands American life ban
(CNN)Chuck Blazer, the corrupt former U.S. soccer official turned FIFA whistleblower, has been banned from all football-related activities for life by the Ethics Committee of world soccer's governing...
View ArticleFIFA corruption scandal: Sepp Blatter, Prince Ali vie for leadership
London (CNN)Members of soccer's world governing body, FIFA, will vote Friday for their new president amid a corruption scandal that has rocked the organization and led for calls for the dismissal of...
View ArticleSepp Blatter deserves Nobel Prize for FIFA work, Russia's Vladimir Putin says
(CNN)Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter deserves a Noble Prize for his work leading world soccer's governing body, according to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Russia's President made the comments in...
View ArticleFIFA 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 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 investigates new World Cup vote bribery allegations
BERNE, Switzerland (AP) -- The corruption scandal sweeping world soccer engulfed Germany as FIFA said Friday that it would investigate "very serious allegations" that voters were bribed to win the 2006...
View ArticleFIFA investigates Germany World Cup vote bribery allegations
BERNE, Switzerland (AP) — The corruption scandal sweeping world soccer engulfed Germany as FIFA said Friday that it would investigate "very serious allegations" that voters were bribed to win the 2006...
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 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 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...
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