FIFA has initiated an investigation into a member of its ethics committee after a major information leak that forces FIFA to once again deal with allegations of high ranking officials involved in dubious businesses.

The Brazilian FA (CBF) and FIFA will come under scrutiny by a newly established investigatory commission.

FIFA has submitted a claim to US authorities seeking compensation for the millions of dollars that corrupt FIFA officials have illegally pocketed.

Chances are that this Friday 26 February will mark the old FIFA’s ultimate defiance of the pressure exerted over five years by most of football’s fans and stakeholders. There will be reform, but will there be change?

Integrity building in sport must be accelerated, says Transparency International (TI) in their latest ‘Global Corruption Report’, which this year focuses on sport, and provides a long range of recommendations for approaches to reforming sport.

A motion for a resolution calling for the follow-up on the Council of Europe’s recommendations regarding the crisis in sports governance, inspired by Play the Game’s Sports Governance Observer report, has been tabled.

Following allegations that tennis authorities have not acted effectively enough on match-fixing reports in the sport, tennis will initiate an independent review of the anti-corruption efforts with the aim of safeguarding the integrity of the sport.

What does it mean that the U.S. Justice Department has been the instigator of unravelling what has been taking place in FIFA? In this comment piece, Christer Ahl looks at the pros and cons of the U.S. involvement.