• 19.09.2007 /
    "Outcasts! The Lands That FIFA Forgot" examines the much tarnished reputation of FIFA, the governing body of world football, and just how they justify the exclusion of some 'nations' from their organisation while welcoming others.
  • 24.05.2007 /
    Confusion surrounding the Kenyan Football Federation intensified, as two parallel annual general meetings (AGM) were held last weekend. They failed to resolve the struggle for Kenyan football dominance – facing a new warning from FIFA.
  • 12.04.2007 /
    A vice president of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) insists that it is necessary to carry out an audit of the entire administration of the LFA to determine what has happened to annual FIFA grants of 250,000 US dollars. Adolph Lawrence believes that much of the money has never reached the intended recipients.
  • 26.03.2007 /
    A milestone in the never-ending story of football in Kenya was laid as Kenya's international ban from world football ended on 9 March 2007.
  • 26.03.2007 /
    FIFA have secretly fined the son of a top official almost $1million for selling World Cup tickets illegally.
  • 23.02.2007 /
    A verdict from a court in Lichtenstein obtained by the Play the Game documents that it was a representative for FIFA who repaid bribes money in the amount of 2.5 million Swiss Francs to the insolvent estate of sports marketing company ISL. But despite the documentation FIFA president Sepp Blatter still denies any knowledge of the payment in an interview with a Swiss newspaper.
  • 19.01.2007 /
    Who is in charge of football in Kenya? Well, the answer differs depending on who you ask. FIFA has just backed the Kenyan Football Federation (KFF) and its attempts to re-launch a national league. Kenya’s sports minister on the other hand refuses to have anything to do with KFF officials and KFF has also been renounced by twelve of its own branches.
  • 22.12.2006 /
    FIFA vice president Jack Warner’s son Daryan illegally resold World Cup tickets, says FIFA. Warner himself escapes sanctions because FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee could not find any proof that Warner knew about it. However, had the case been tried under FIFA’s new Code of Ethics, Warner might not have been able to get away with only a telling-off.

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