According to media reports, the Swiss State Secretariat on Economic Affairs (SECO) is looking into FIFA’s spendings in Burma after it emerged that one of the recipients is a company owned by business tycoon and President of the Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) Mr Zaw Zaw, who is sanctioned in the EU, the U.S. and Switzerland.

Egyptian football fans, emboldened by their role in protests that deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after 30 years in office, are seeking to alter the politics of their country’s beautiful game.

With a so called 'Green Paper' the European Commission invites to a European consultation on the growing online gaming market.

At the UEFA congress held on 22 March in Paris, UEFA continued its fight against corruption in sport by approving the recommendations by the UEFA working group on match-fixing and corruption to initiate a formal cooperation with all 53 member countries and their state authorities, writes Sportbusiness.com.

Football matches are but one battle fought on the pitches of North Africa. The other is the struggle for the region’s future.

As expected Qatari Muhamed Bin Hamman, President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today announced that he is ready to challenge Sepp Blatter at the FIFA Presidential elections in June 2011.

Speaking at an international doping conference in London, WADA Director General, David Howman, repeated his warnings against criminals infecting the world of sport and called for new unorthodox ideas in the fight against doping.

The conference Challenges for Football will gather scientists, academist, journalists and other stakeholders to discuss some of the most current issues in football. Submit an abstract and join the debate.