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/ 18 November 2010
Two Fifa executive committee members were banned and fined following an investigation into allegations they had offered to sell their vote.
Bidding nations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will seek a measure of clarity when Fifa considers the troubled process at a meeting on Friday.
Fifa’s has started a two-day meeting which could alter the shape of the scandal-hit 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests.
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/ 21 October 2010
Fifa provisionally suspended two executive committee members and four lower-ranked officials on Wednesday in a World Cup vote-selling scandal.
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/ 18 October 2010
The Oceania Football Confederation will cooperate with a Fifa probe into allegations its president offered to sell his vote for the 2018 World Cup.
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/ 17 October 2010
Fifa says it will examine evidence from a newspaper alleging that two Fifa executive committee members tried to sell their votes in World Cup bidding.
Officials, players and fans reacted on Monday with disbelief and anger following the country’s suspension by Fifa.
Fifa has dismissed allegations that North Korea’s coach and players were punished for losing all three of their games at this year’s Soccer World Cup.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Wednesday demanded answers from North Korea after reports that its Soccer World Cup squad was publicly humiliated.
Not one of the more than 500 doping tests carried out before and during the World Cup in SA returned positive, Fifa revealed on Tuesday.
Danny Jordaan has announced his decision to join the Fifa World Cup inspection team — but was mum on any long-term offers from the body.
Goal-line video technology remains on Fifa’s agenda, even though the body confirmed that its lawmaking panel will not discuss the issue this week.
Nigeria on Monday lifted a two-year ban it imposed on its national football team after a dismal World Cup showing, avoiding a collision with Fifa.
Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez got visibly angry when asked on Monday whether his side deserved to be in the World Cup semifinals.
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Spain and Paraguay squeezed into the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday while Fifa boss Sepp Blatter apologised for two colossal refereeing blunders.
World Cup referees defended themselves on Tuesday in the wake of officiating blunders that led Sepp Blatter to apologise to England and Mexico.
Fifa has steadfastly refused to act on calls to introduce technology to arbitrate on contentious decisions.
Four years may not seem like a very long time, but in technology terms, they’re equivalent to several lifetimes.
A court has dropped a case against two Dutch women accused of ambush marketing at a World Cup match last week, the NPA said on Tuesday.
Fifa expects its provisional income for the 2010 World Cup to be about $3,2-billion (about R24-billion), a spokesperson said on Friday.
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Dutch brewery Bavaria flew two coordinators from The Netherlands to SA to organise an alleged ambush marketing campaign, Fifa said on Thursday.
The Nigerian national team was left in the dark by power cuts at their Bloemfontein hotel ahead of their Soccer World Cup clash against Greece.
World Cup organisers faced unrest on Wednesday as The Netherlands condemned the arrest of two Dutch women and locals protested over the Cup’s cost.
Fifa has denied reports it detained dozens of women for wearing orange mini-dresses at a World Cup match in an alleged ambush marketing scam.
A group of 36 young Dutch fans in orange miniskirts were detained at Soccer City stadium for wearing outfits designed by a Dutch beer company.
Two-thirds of soccer enthusiasts in 23 nations feel the first World Cup finals on African soil has become too expensive for fans to enjoy.
World Cup organisers on Monday sought to reassure fans ahead of the tournament after a stampede outside a warm-up match on Sunday.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter and his colleagues are guaranteed huge benefits through agreements the government signed with the football body.
Hundreds of thousands of viewers will be watching the World Cup kick-off on a pirate basis, and there’s not much that Fifa can do about it.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday he hopes Nelson Mandela will attend the opening of the Soccer World Cup next week.