Corrupt football official-turned-whistleblower Chuck Blazer, whose evidence helped trigger the FIFA bribery scandal, died Wednesday, his lawyers said.
Former Fifa executive committee member Chuck Blazer has been found guilty of "many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly".
From the bribes to the denials, Sarah Evans rounds up the Fifa corruption scandal.
A $10-million bribe was allegedly paid by South Africa, laundered via Fifa. Danny Jordaan’s mayoral candidacy may be in the balance.
Fifa suspended Lisle Austin for a year and and banned six Hungarian and Bosnian match officials for life for helping fix international friendlies.
Fifa says it has opened disciplinary proceedings against Lisle Austin for breaching regulations by going to court to challenge his suspension.
A member of Fifa’s executive committee has criticised talk of moving the 2022 World Cup to winter, saying it will disrupt the "entire football world".
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/ 29 October 2007
Fifa’s executive committee has voted unanimously to end its policy of rotating the hosting of World Cups through its six continental confederations. Executive committee vice-president Chung Mong-joon told reporters on Monday that the rotation policy had been dropped with effect from the 2018 World Cup.
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/ 29 October 2007
Fifa’s executive committee is expected to drop its controversial Soccer World Cup rotation policy when it meets at the organisation’s headquarters in Zurich on Monday. World soccer’s governing body decided in 2000 that it would rotate its most prestigious tournament around its six continental confederations.