• 10.12.2010 /
    One of the suggestions to the English FA, after a humiliating end to its 2018 World Cup bid, was that it should abandon the immoral global football governing organisation that is FIFA and start an alternative body.
  • By Andreas Selliaas
    08.12.2010 /
    After the World Cup defeat to Russia, the British press is in the process of examining itself – or rather – of examining FIFA. FIFA is corrupt, is the conclusion of most Englishmen after Russia stole the 2018 World Cup from England and Qatar beat the U.S. for the World Cup in 2022.
  • By Jens Sejer Andersen- International director, Play the Game
    02.12.2010 /
    Comment: FIFA’s top has chosen hosts that match its own dubious business practices, but it may be too early for them to rejoice
  • 30.11.2010 /
    The controversial and much talked about BBC Panorama documentary “FIFA’s Dirty Secrets” aired yesterday evening, naming names of three FIFA officials who were exposed as bribe-takers in the world’s biggest sport corruption case – the ISL case.
  • By Declan Hill
    30.11.2010 /
    Comment: With 25% of the 24 FIFA Executive Committee members allegedly involved in taking bribes, Declan Hills argues in favour of postponing the World Cup decision.
  • 29.11.2010 /
    Thursday December 2nd is the day when FIFA’s recently amputated Executive Committee will cast their votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and the nine bidding Committees and the rest of the world will find out who will win the honour of hosting the two tournaments.
  • 29.11.2010 /
    Three days before the election of the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 football World Cups, new documents have appeared that bring heavy charges against top FIFA officials.
  • 18.11.2010 /
    At a FIFA press conference earlier today, Claudio Sulser, Chairman of FIFA’s Ethics Committee, presented the decisions made by the Ethics Committee to ban the two FIFA executives, accused of selling their votes in the election to host the 2018 World Cup, from all football related activities. Four other FIFA officials received similar penalties.

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