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FIFA’s new Ethics Committee fails first test

03 May 2013

Comment: The long awaited report from FIFA’s Ethics Committee about FIFA and the ISL affair is superficial, insufficient and confuses ethics with legal formalities. The exoneration of Blatter is made on a fragile basis.[more]


According to Jens Sejer Andersen, the clearance of Sepp Blatter (photo) and other FIFA officials is one of several flaws in FIFA's examination of the ISL affair. Photo by Agência Brasil/CC 3.0


Blatter cleared by FIFA ISL examination

30 April 2013

Today the long awaited official FIFA report into the ISL affair was released. The report is written by Hans-Joachim Eckert, head of the FIFA ethics committee's adjudicatory chamber and looks into the ethical responsibilities in...[more]


FIFA president Blatter may have been "clumsy" but his conduct in the ISL case "could not be classified in any way as misconduct with regard to any ethics rules," states FIFA report.


Nicolas Leoz resigns from FIFA ExCo

24 April 2013

South American football president Nicolas Leoz has resigned from FIFA’s Executive Committee “for health and personal reasons” writes a FIFA press statement. Leoz, who was made president for life of the South American Football...[more]


Nicolas Leoz (right) has resigned from the FIFA Executive Committee. Photo: Fernando Lugo Méndez/Flickr


Blatter faces “once in a lifetime opportunity”

04 December 2012

There are six months left of the reform process being carried out by FIFA in the wake of a string of scandals that have seriously damaged the organisation’s credibility. Michael Hershman, one of the key figures on FIFA’s new...[more]


According to member of FIFA's IGC Michael Hershman (photo) the current reform process could be a lifetime opportunity for Blatter. Photo (c) Flickr/OEA-OAS


Unanswered questions and unsung heroes

12 July 2012

Comment: The publication of the ISL dossier leaves FIFA with a number of inconvenient questions, including the most sensitive: Can FIFA accept a president who allowed his allies to steal massive values from his own enterprise?[more]


FIFA's headquarter. Photo: Ed Coyle/Flickr


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]


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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]


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BBC Panorama - FIFA's Dirty Secrets - Part 1

03 January 2011

Watch the BBC Panorama documentary "FIFA's Dirty Secrets" that spurred so much controversy before the 2018/2022 World Cup host election on 2 December 2010.[more]




BBC Panorama - FIFA's Dirty Secrets - Part 2

03 January 2011

Watch the BBC Panorama documentary "FIFA's Dirty Secrets" that caused so much controversy before the 2018/2022 World Cup host election on 2 December 2010. Part 2:[more]




FIFA dismisses BBC corruption claims, IOC prepares investigation

30 November 2010

The controversial and much talked about BBC Panorama documentary “FIFA’s Dirty Secrets” aired yesterday evening, naming names of three FIFA officials who were exposed as bribe-takers in the world’s biggest sport corruption case –...[more]




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