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Warner and the media - Ex-FIFA Vice-President is still ‘Lord of the sound byte’

20 January 2012

Trinidad and Tobago High Court has given the former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner a deadline of February 10 to provide an account of all income, donations, gifts, grants or benefits and all expenditure arising from the Germany...[more]




Sport in politics and politics in sport - 2011 and 2012

13 January 2012

It is time to rank the most important sports political cases of 2011 and to offer a list of prophecies – what will be the most important cases in 2012?[more]




Journalists refuse to meet with FIFA’s Independent Governance Committee

06 January 2012

Four reporters specialising in investigating corruption in FIFA and international football have declined an invitation to co-operate with FIFA’s Independent Governance Committee. Instead they list a number of suggestions how FIFA...[more]




Don Julio’s monument

15 December 2011

For decades Julio Humberto Grondona has been ruling football in Argentina as well as being one of the most powerful men in FIFA. His harsh leadership has earned him the nick name ‘Don Julio’, but time is running out for...[more]




New in the knowledge bank: The need for reform in FIFA

09 December 2011

FIFA has become an international commercial behemoth, but it has been at the expense of the reputation of world football and without regard for the forgotten stakeholders of the game – the players and fans – argues the former...[more]




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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