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FIFA opens revolving door for anti-corruption heavyweight, leaving main dilemma unresolved

30 November 2011

Analysis: An internationally leading expert in anti-corruption, Swiss professor Mark Pieth, is appointed to lead FIFA’s governance committee while Transparency International backs out.[more]




Can FIFA spare change in the Caribbean?

24 November 2011

Comment: Turmoil and scandals in the Caribbean Football Union haunt the whole Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) that represents almost a fifth of FIFA’s members. But true...[more]




New study claims doping is bigger threat to sport than match-fixing

16 November 2011

A new report from the British Coventry University’s International Centre for the Business of Sport (CIBS) finds that corruption in sport is dominated by doping, equating to nearly 96 per cent of all cases, and that betting and...[more]




German prosecutors investigate handball president

11 November 2011

Swiss authorities searched the International Handball Federation’s (IHF) Basel headquarters and IHF President Hassan Moustafa’s private residence on Wednesday. The search took place at the request of German prosecutors who have...[more]




IOC investigates the president of international athletics for corruption

09 November 2011

Bribes from the former ISL marketing company did not only go to FIFA officials. At the moment, the IOC is investigating whether the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Lamine Diack, also...[more]


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Big sponsor worries that FIFA has hurt its long term brand

03 November 2011

One of FIFA's biggest sponsors, Emirates Airlines, is concerned that the sponsorship deal with the world governing body of football has caused long term damage to its brand. The company has now commissioned research into its...[more]




Sums of bribes for top FIFA officials exposed at hearing in Brazil

02 November 2011

Within the last month, investigative journalist Andrew Jennings has obtained documents that show the names of sports officials who received a total of 175 secret payments in bribes from the now defunct ISL sports marketing...[more]




FIFA’s invisible transparency reforms

24 October 2011

FIFA promised reforms, but has so far delivered illusions: It will take months and years before any change can materialise. The only obvious reform aims at repairing the image of President Blatter himself.[more]




FIFA announces reform process against corruption

21 October 2011

A new committee on good governance supplemented by four task forces is going to propose reforms in FIFA, FIFA-president Sepp Blatter said at a press conference on Friday. He also announced that the so-called ISL case will be...[more]




Former FIFA vice-president caught on tape talking about cash gifts

14 October 2011

The British newspaper, The Telegraph, has published videos and a transcript of a speech given by former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner back in May in which he appears to urge FIFA officials from the Caribbean to accept cash...[more]




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