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Fifa’s Sepp Blatter: ‘Football is not in a crisis’
Football’s global overlords at FIFA are in utter disarray as President Sepp Blatter fights off allegations that Qatar’s bid team ‘bought’ the rights to host the World Cup 2022.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter avoids corruption probe
Sepp Blatter appears to be on course for another term as FIFA president after world football’s governing body says he has no case to answer over corruption claims.
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Blatter faces Fifa ethics investigation
Fifa President Sepp Blatter is to appear before the ethics committee of football’s governing body on Sunday to answer charges that he knew about alleged cash payments.
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FIFA’s Jack Warner and bin Hammam charged with bribery
Allegations from a FIFA insider against FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam and Vice-President Jack Warner are the most serious yet, a former English FA director tells Channel 4 News.
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Triesman: Fifa members ‘demanded cash and honours’ for votes
Former Football Association Chairman Lord Triesman has told a committee of MPs that FIFA members asked for ‘bribes’ in return for World Cup bid votes
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FA boss slams ‘untrustworthy’ Fifa over World Cup 2018
The Football Association’s acting chairman Roger Burden has told Channel 4 News why he felt he needed to step down after England failed to win the bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
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Nothing rotten in the state of Fifa
The representatives supporting England’s World Cup 2018 bid were mystified and bitter at the result of the Fifa vote, blogs Alex Thomson from Zurich.
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Fifa World Cup 2018 probe into vote selling
Fifa officials have confirmed they are investigating claims that two of their committee members offered to sell their votes for who will host the next World Cup.
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It’s right Southgate steps down – but I have the perfect replacement
England failed to lift trophies under Gareth Southgate, but he did help transform the team into one that is respected worldwide, and a source of national pride.
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Football lawmakers shelve plans for controversial blue cards
It was an innovation intended to improve behaviour on the pitch, but the president of football’s ruling body, FIFA, has shelved it.
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Legendary German footballer Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78
The legendary German footballer Franz Beckenbauer has died at the age of 78.
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European Super League wins court of justice ruling – and outlines its plans
he European Union’s top court has ruled that football governing bodies UEFA and FIFA broke competition law by blocking the breakaway project.
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MPs call for video game ‘loot boxes’ to be banned for children – and be classed as gambling
MPs have demanded that video games which allow money to be gambled on virtual items should be banned from being sold to children.
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Belgium: Football helps to heal a divided nation
The Belgian national team are now ranked third in the world by FIFA – and while their footballing abilities are no longer under question, some have cast doubt on the cohesion of the country itself, traditionally divided between Dutch speaking Flemish- and French-speaking Walloons. Inigo Gilmore has been to Belgium for Channel 4 News, to…
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Sepp Blatter pledges to appeal against football ban
Fifa President Sepp Blatter says he will appeal against an eight-year ban from football imposed by Fifa’s ethics committee, complaining he has been treated like a “punching ball”.