A report released during the CONCACAF congress in Panama this weekend outlines harsh allegations of fund embezzlement committed by then FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and former CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer.

Violent acts from football supporters keep on taking place in Argentina and the situation does not look as though it will improve in the short term.

If Zenit St Petersburg chief executive Aleksey Miller has his way, then the big spending Russian champions could be kicking off the 2014-15 season against Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kiev, Metalist Kharkhiv or another of Ukrainian football’s heavyweights.

Some of the members elected to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) executive committee, last weekend in Morocco, “hardly indicates that intellect, integrity and an unblemished reputation are qualities needed for earning a place in it,” says Osasu Obayiuwana, in his commentary on the CAF General Assembly, where Issa Hayatou secured an unprecedented 7th four-year term as president.

In this second article about match-fixing in Africa, Osasu Obayiuwana focuses on South African football and gives a report on the many previous cases that the country has seen, some of which have been orchestrated by Wilson Raj Perumal, who was also behind a series of match-fixing cases in Zimbabwe.

In this first of two articles by Osasu Obayiuwana looking into recent match-fixing cases in African football, he takes us through how an Asian betting syndicate infiltrated African football and led Zimbabwe into the continent’s biggest match-fixing scandal.

Chinese Football Association concluded a three-year match-fixing investigation this Monday by handing out five-year bans to 25 former and current players, officials and referees and banning 33 for life. A number of clubs received fines and had points deducted.

The Independent Governance Committee (IGC) appointed to guide FIFA through its reform process has released its second report. Though the report welcomes the initial steps taken by FIFA, the report stresses that important figures in football still lack on vital areas such as accountability before a reform can be realised.