FIFA's Executive Committee on Thursday "unanimously" approved a program of reforms which includes limiting presidents to a maximum 12 years in charge and introducing "transparency of compensation" for leading officials. In a statement, world soccer's governing body confirmed it had been agreed to introduce the reforms as part of broader measures in an attempt to […]

FIFA's leadership held talks on reforms Wednesday as sponsors who provide hundreds of millions of dollars demanded independent leadership of changes to soccer's scandal-tainted governing body. The FIFA executive committee — with president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini both suspended — is holding two days of talks to discuss reforms proposed by top […]

A group of professional soccer leagues from all over the world have decided to create a 'World Association of Leagues' following a meeting in Paris, the French Professional Football League (LFP) president said on Tuesday. The English, French and Spanish leagues are joined by 20 others from around the world in a bid to work […]

Five years ago on Wednesday, FIFA's executive committee chose Russia to host the 2018 World Cup and Qatar for 2022 in one of the most controversial votes in sporting history. Sixteen of the 24 executive members have been suspended, arrested for bribery, or banned. Others have faced questions about their record. Here is what happened […]

Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International (TI) on Thursday blasted scandal-plagued FIFA's member national football associations for compounding the risk of corruption through a lack of transparency. The Berlin-based non-governmental organization said the various FAs' reluctance to publish financial information had contributed to tarnishing the image of soccer. "Most of the 209 national football associations that make up […]

Swiss investigators examining World Cup corruption told AFP they are looking into a growing list of suspicious financial transactions and want evidence from disgraced Qatari football powerbroker Mohamed bin Hammam (above). Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) — which is looking into the 2018 and 2022 World Cups — said there are now have more […]

Corruption is "systemic" in soccer, the head of FIFA's audit watchdog said Thursday, calling for soccer's world body to be more transparent in its reform moves. "We have to accept that corruption is systemic in football. If we accept this, we can solve the problem," Domenico Scala, head of FIFA's independent audit and compliance committee, told […]

FIFA President Sepp Blatter cancelled his much-anticipated press conference scheduled in Zurich on Friday, world soccer's governing body announced. No reason was given for the decision. The conference was initially due to start at 1200 GMT. It was then delayed by one hour before being cancelled altogether. It would have been Blatter's first opportunity to […]

Swiss prosecutors probing corruption in world soccer received a pledge from FIFA on Thursday that investigators would get access to the emails of suspended secretary general Jerome Valcke if certain conditions were met. Switzerland's Attorney General Michael Lauber has demanded access to all of Valcke's emails as part of his inquiry into the bidding process for […]

Zurich (AFP) – FIFA on Thursday immediately suspended secretary general Jerome Valcke over misconduct allegations and put him under investigation. Valcke "has been put on leave and released from his duties effective immediately until further notice," said a FIFA statement. "Further, FIFA has been made aware of a series of allegations involving the secretary general […]

Zurich (AFP) – Apartments in the Alps are among assets seized in a probe into alleged corruption at FIFA, Switzerland's attorney general said Monday, warning that the inquiry had not yet reached "halftime." Switzerland's investigation targeting the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups began in May, after the US justice department unsealed […]

Zurich (AFP) – The US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday that she expects more people will be charged as part of her office's probe into graft at world football governing body FIFA. "We do anticipate additional charges against individuals," Lynch said of the investigation which has so far targeted 14 people. She also expressed […]

FIFA's ethics chief on Thursday fired the opening salvo in the campaign to reform the scandal-tainted world governing body of soccer, calling for its president to serve a maximum of three terms. Term limits, disclosing the salaries of FIFA presidents and executive members, a clearer organization of football's world governing body and a clampdown on […]

I guess it was only a matter of time before Hollywood decided to make a movie based on all the FIFA scandals that happened during the past month. Warner Bros. have purchased the rights to Ken Bensinger's upcoming book Houses of Deceit and have appointed Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as producers with Warrior's Gavin O'Connor set […]

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has announced that he will step down from his role as President as soon as a successor can be found. Blatter has called for an extraordinary FIFA Congress to be scheduled where his successor will be named. At that time, he will step down from his post. In a last minute press […]