• 01.06.2011 /
    As the sole candidate and with 174 of 208 member associations in favour of having the election despite English FA Chairman’s attempts for postponement, Sepp Blatter is set for re-election at today’s FIFA congress.
  • 31.05.2011 /
    In a statement sent out today, English FA Chairman David Bernstein urges FIFA to postpone the presidential election to take place tomorrow with Sepp Blatter as the only candidate.
  • 31.05.2011 /
    FIFA President Sepp Blatter stood in front of the world’s media in Zurich, Switzerland on Monday afternoon and, like a former Europe-based monarch, he demanded that the tide stop rising.
  • 31.05.2011 /
    The conference taking place during the U/21 UEFA Championships has now released its programme featuring top speakers from UEFA, UK Premier League and many other football stakeholders.
  • 30.05.2011 /
    According to Damian Collins, British MP, FIFA has lost its way and needs the guidance and support from parliaments and governments to restore trust and reform the football organisation.
  • 30.05.2011 /
    Match fixing and organisational corruption are intertwined and sports organisations do not have sufficient tools to investigate, says Allan Hansen
  • 30.05.2011 /
    After allegations of bribery, FIFA’s Ethics Committee suspended Jack Warner and Mohamad Bin Hammam. The latter withdrew his candidature yesterday, leaving the incumbent FIFA President Sepp Blatter to carry on his race for re-election unopposed.
  • 28.05.2011 /
    Three of FIFA’s most powerful men, President Sepp Blatter, presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam and Vice-President and would-be “king maker” Jack Warner face the Ethics Committee Sunday in Zurich, Switzerland while a fourth, Executive Committee member and CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer, can feasibly sink one, two or all three parties or even go down in flames himself.

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