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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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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What about the future lionesses? Women’s football calls for investment
Women’s football in England got a massive boost when the Lionesses became Euro champions last summer. Millions watched their matches on tv, and girls were inspired to play.
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What qualifying for the World Cup means for the people of Panama
For England, expectations for their head-to-head with Panama are pretty high – they’re playing a country ranked 43 places below them. But for the people of Panama and their national team, simply qualifying for the world cup is an historic achievement. Directed by Dan Faber.
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England fans anticipate win in Nizhny Novgorod
Now there is something of a carnival atmosphere in Nizhny Novgorod – where England fans are anticipating a win in tomorrow’s game.
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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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Keme Nzerem
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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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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FactCheck: how many migrant workers are dying in Qatar?
Thousands of migrant workers have reportedly lost their lives working on World-Cup related construction in Qatar. But Qatar says no one has died. Who’s right?
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Kylie Morris
Chuck Blazer admits World Cup bribes
Court documents released tonight show for the first time – in his own words – the admission of guilt of one of Fifa’s former top executives to accepting bribes.
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Pressure on Fifa President Blatter to resign
Sepp Blatter, the under-fire Fifa president, says he ‘cannot monitor everyone all the time’, as calls grow for his resignation over the Fifa arrests.
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Keme Nzerem
Fifa targets ‘low-hanging fruit’ in World Cup bids row
Fifa has lodged a criminal complaint against unnamed individuals in connection with the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids. But who does it want charged?
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Matt Frei
Proud to be Kraut – but what to do with all those flags?
Now that the football is over, what to do with the millions of German flags, wing mirror decorations, rattles, bottle warmer or coolers?
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Matt Frei
Will Brazil descend into a kind of catatonic, post-traumatic stress?
Defeat by Germany in the World Cup semi-finals may trigger unintended but widely feared consequences in Brazil.
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Kylie Morris
This World Cup is a breakthrough moment for US ‘soccer’
A successful US football team and convenient TV scheduling has seen soccer burst into the mainstream in the United States during the Brazil World Cup.
