Keme Nzerem
Fifa latest: a bluffer’s guide
The politics behind the latest manoeuvring at the highest levels of football are fiendishly complicated. Keep ahead of developments with this handy guide.
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Luis Rubiales resigns as president of Spanish FA over Jenni Hermoso kiss
Spain’s football chief Luis Rubiales has resigned, after prosecutors began criminal action against him for kissing a member of his country’s women’s team following their World Cup final victory.
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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”.
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Keme Nzerem
When will Fifa finally hit the iceberg?
Fifa has almost certainly broken it’s own statutes. Imposing emergency measures now might just be the massive lifeboat world football so badly needs.
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Fifa suspends Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini
The outgoing Fifa president and head of Uefa are provisionally banned from football-related activity for 90 days, along with Fifa secretary-general Jerome Valcke.
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Keme Nzerem
Fifa allegations: now questions are mounting for Michel Platini too
The Swiss authorities are investigating a payment made by Fifa boss Sepp Blatter to Michel Platini.
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Sepp Blatter: Swiss begin criminal investigation
Swiss prosecutors open criminal proceedings against Fifa President Sepp Blatter over a TV rights deal.
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Keme Nzerem
Fifa: don’t think it’s all over, there’s more to come
The most interesting thing to emerge from today’s FIFA briefing by a country mile – there is more to come.
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South Africa: call for inquiry into 2010 World Cup
There are calls in South Africa for an inquiry into the awarding of the 2010 World Cup after it is alleged a Fifa official took a bribe in the run-up to the decision.
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Fifa: US submits extradition requests for officials
The extradition requests relate to the arrest of seven officials from Fifa who were detained in Zurich in May after a police raid on a luxury hotel.
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World Cup corruption probe ‘will take longer than 90 minutes’
If corruption is indeed proven, the vote could be nullified. So where would that leave Russia and Qatar?
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Swiss officials investigating Fifa banking links
The Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber, is looking into banking links relating to Fifa as part of a corruption investigation into the football world governing body.
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Keme Nzerem
Now that Sepp Blatter’s gone, anything is possible in Fifa-land
Before he finally leaves the Fifa presidency, is it possible Sepp Blatter could preside over a radical change in the way football’s governing body is run?
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Fifa: Jack Warner’s colleague Oliver Camps speaks out
Oliver Camps, a close friend and colleague of former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, has spoken about the FBI’s claim that his former boss was involved in bribery.
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Jack Warner: Fifa’s pirate of the Caribbean
Jack Warner is a member of parliament and a former world soccer vice president – here is what else we know about Fifa’s pirate of the Caribbean.
