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Transparency International tells FIFA: "Start an independent reform committee now"

Deborah Unger of Transparency International spoke to euronews about the resignation of Sepp Blatter and the future of FIFA in the aftermath of the corruption scandal crippling world football's governi

Business Line

FIFA and its sponsors - who has the most to lose?

World News

Former FIFA officials on Interpol wanted list

Wanted over alleged racketeering, conspiracy and corruption: Interpol issues red notices for two former FIFA heads and four sports executives.

World News

Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria focus of EU cash fraud probes

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World News

Interpol issues 'red notice' for accused ex-FIFA bosses

Interpol has issued ‘Red Notices’ – the closest tool that exists to an international arrest warrant – for two former FIFA officials and four

World News

Blatter resigns as FIFA president amid reports FBI is set to investigate his role in scandal

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has unexpectedly stepped down just days after winning his fifth term in office.

World News

Blatter...with resignations timing is everything

Sepp Blatter’s re-election has turned out to be a somewhat pyrhhic victory. For the man in power since 1998 to leave now means that something behind

Sport

FIFA presidency: Who's next?

With Switzerland’s Sepp Blatter announcing he will resign as the president of FIFA after 17 years in the role, attention will now turn to who will

World News

'Courageous' or 'good news?' World football reacts to Blatter's departure

As Sepp Blatter permanently benches himself from the beautiful game, reactions to his sudden departure from FIFA have been flooding in. Michel

Switzerland

US report claims FBI opens corruption inquiry into FIFA president Sepp Blatter

FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has said that he is to step down just four days after being re-elected to a fifth term.

Europe News

Football officials must clamp down on match-fixing, say gambling firms

Football authorities must do more to clamp down on match-fixing, a group of online gambling firms have said. In a report to the European Parliament

Switzerland

Fifagate: Further pressure on Blatter as allegations of 10m dollar bribe emerge

The UK Press Association (PA) says it has obtained evidence proving FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke was aware of a 10-million-dollar payment to

Switzerland

FIFA corruption probe: more arrests and suspensions

US prosecutors investigating FIFA corruption believe Sepp Blatter’s top lieutenant made 10 million dollars in bank transactions central to the

World News

What makes sports bodies like FIFA "fertile for corruption"?

My Europe Series

Expo exposed: corruption at Milan's global food event leaves a sour taste

It is meant to showcase Milan as a dynamic, vibrant hub on the world stage but Expo2015 has been tarnished by corruption scandals. The six-month long

Switzerland

Sepp Blatter shrugs off scandal ahead of FIFA presidential vote

Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter appeared unfazed as the 65th Congress of football’s world governing body opened in Zurich. His speech to the

Switzerland

Sepp Blatter expected to be reelected as FIFA president despite corruption scandal

Sepp Blatter appears relaxed about his reelection as FIFA president, even as world soccer’s governing body is engulfed in corruption charges. Blatter

Switzerland

Sepp Blatter: corruption scandal casts 'long shadow over football'

FIFA President Sepp Blatter says the latest corruption scandal to hit the governing body has cast a “long shadow over football.” Speaking at the

World

'FIFA lives in a kind of 'Alice in Wonderland' world'

The ‘beautiful game’ has been plunged into turmoil as seven powerful football figures face extradition to the US to face corruption charges

Russia

Russia: FIFA arrests are 'obvious attempt' to stop Blatter re-election

Russia is accusing the US of meddling outside its jurisdiction, after the arrests of top FIFA officials. President Vladimir Putin says America is