Fifa arrests: why they’ll worry big corporations
When US prosecutors say Fifa’s execs have “corrupted global football”, that will ring alarm bells in every global brand associated with football.
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Facing the loudest calls yet for his resignation, can Sepp Blatter continue his decades-long reign as the head of football’s world governing body, Fifa? We take a look at his track record.
Fifa officials and company executives allegedly took $150m in bribes and kickbacks over 24 years. How does that compare to Fifa’s spending on making football better?
Embattled Fifa President Sepp Blatter is confronted by Keme Nzerem of Channel 4 News, minutes before giving the opening speech at the Fifa’s 65th congress in Zurich.
World Cup sponsors express concerns after the US accuses senior officials of football’s governing body of fraud and money laundering.
When US prosecutors say Fifa’s execs have “corrupted global football”, that will ring alarm bells in every global brand associated with football.
Having had the privilege of being arrested in a Swiss hotel at dead of night myself, I can perhaps shed some light on what the Fifa suspects are now facing…
Fourteen high-ranking Fifa officials – including vice-president Jeffrey Webb – face extradition to the USA as part of an investigation into bribery allegations in world football adding up to $150m.
Some of the most powerful men in world football are among those arrested by Swiss authorities. But they are by no means household names. So, who are they?
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Edits have been made to the Wikipedia page of the 2022 World Cup by a British government computer user who smears the Fifa chief and the “Fifa Corruption Cup”, Channel 4 News has found.
Fifa is in the spotlight after former FA chairman David Bernstein said European teams should snub the 2018 World Cup. But this is just the latest boycott call against world football’s governing body.
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