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New corruption allegations against Warner and CONCACAF

24 May 2012

Just as Jeffery Webb was elected the new president of CONCACAF at the football confederation’s congress in Budapest yesterday and the confederation hoped to enter a new era of integrity, new corruption allegations against...[more]


Former CONCACAF President, Jack Warner, has again been accused of corruption.


Ukraine’s Euro 2012 preparations rife with corruption and overspending

24 May 2012

In the first of two articles on Euro 2012 co-host Ukraine, Ukraine-based journalist Mark Rachkevych presents the rocky road of Ukraine’s Euro 2012 preparations. Overspending and corruption cases have surrounded the country’s...[more]


Kyiv Olympic Stadium is one of the Ukrainian venues for the Euro 2012. Photo: NSC Olimpiyskiy, www.nsc-olimpiyskiy.com.ua


Pieth: The man who believes in Blatter

23 May 2012

At its Congress in Budapest taking place on 23-25 May, FIFA will demonstrate how deeply it wants to clean its dirt. A week before the crucial vote Mark Pieth remained a believer. In this interview with Ezequiel Fernández Moores...[more]


Mark Pieth believes that FIFA will approve the reforms of the Independent Governance Committee on its congress in Budapest. Photo: OECD/Flickr


Council of Europe report slams FIFA, insisting on speedier reforms

23 April 2012

In a report released today the Council of Europe sharpens it tone against FIFA and provides new information about the scale of the corruption that has affected the world governing body of football. The report includes the full...[more]


Photo: Ed Coyle.


New in Knowledge Bank: Threats to sporting integrity: doping, match-fixing and corruption

23 April 2012

In a presentation given at the Crime and Sport Research Conference in Canberra, Australia on 23 March, Sport and Anti-doping Consultant Catherine Ordway discusses the threat of corruption in sport.[more]


Photo: aresauburn/Flickr


Bin Hammam appeals to CAS against FIFA’s lifetime ban

19 April 2012

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) met yesterday to hear the former FIFA executive Mohamed Bin Hammam’s appeal against his life-time ban from football.  The CAS hearing is expected to end today, but a decision is not...[more]




ANOC President resigns dramatically, citing corruption and unethical ploys against him

16 March 2012

The walls of the Olympic house are likely to keep quivering for some time ahead after one of the most experienced and powerful IOC members, the 79-year old ANOC President Mario Vázquez Raña, Thursday resigned from all his Olympic...[more]


Mario Vazquez Raña (left) has resigned from all his Olympic posts - slamming the door behind him. Photo: Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte/Flickr


No tears shed for Teixeira in Brazil, now it is FIFA’s turn

14 March 2012

Though obviously weakened, Ricardo Teixeira maintains strong alliances in an unchanged Brazilian football system. FIFA Statutes say he must leave world football’s governing body.[more]


"Out Ricardo Teixeira" the signs from a protest last summer say. This Monday it was announced that he is stepping down. Photo: guizocchio/Flickr


Council of Europe pushes for action against corruption in FIFA and match-fixing

09 March 2012

In a meeting on Wednesday, a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe took further steps in fighting unethical behaviour in sport when it unanimously adopted two resolutions proposing actions for ensuring...[more]




Warner threatens legal action against Trinidad and Tobago online newspaper

28 February 2012

The local Trinidad and Tobago online newspaper Wired868.com is being threatened with a lawsuit by ex-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner for defamation and libel in connection with an article about misappropriation of Haiti aid funds...[more]


Jack Warner meets victims from the Haiti earthquake. Photo: CONCACAF press office


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