 | 2015-08-24 18:01:10 | sentences | site |
- Blatter reiterated that it was individuals rather than FIFA who were under investigation.
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 | 2015-08-24 17:47:05 | sentences | site |
- I will be appreciated when I've gone, says Blatter
- Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term on May 29 but four days later announced he would lay down his mandate as FIFA was engulfed in the worst crisis in its 111-year history.
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| 2015-08-23 19:03:20 | sentences | site |
- Swiss lawyer Francois Carrard was appointed earlier this month as the independent chair of FIFA's 15-person reform committee which will hold its first meeting on Sept.
- In an interview with Swiss newspaper La Matin Dimanche, Carrard, former director general of the International Olympic Committee, said criticism of Blatter was more to do with him having been at the helm of the sport's ruling body for 17 years.
- Carrard's defence of Blatter is likely to raise eyebrows among those campaigning for reform of FIFA, given the scepticism about his committee which is made up of a majority of representatives from the regional confederations which control FIFA's executive committee.
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 | 2015-08-20 23:02:06 | sentences | site |
- "During the meeting, FIFA reaffirmed its commitment to transparency, reform, and collaboration with its valued partners," said a statement.
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| 2015-08-20 19:13:36 | sentences | site |
- FIFA Give Little Away After Secretive Sponsors' Meeting
- ZURICH - FIFA discussed reforms with some of its leading commercial partners on Thursday during a secretive meeting at the headquarters of world soccer's scandal-plagued governing body.
- The sponsors said in a joint statement: "FIFA provided the sponsors with updates on several topics. During this meeting, we reiterated our expectations for robust reform, and we will continue to engage with FIFA."
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| 2015-08-19 13:25:05 | sentences | site |
- FIFA presidential contender Chung Mong-joon has accused football's governing body of trying to "misrepresent" charitable donations he made to relief donations to Pakistan and Haiti.
- "If these reports are true, we condemn this as a cynical and unethical effort by FIFA to misrepresent even charitable donations for political manipulation," Chung said in a statement issued by his charitable foundation.
- Chung also gave $500,000 for football projects after an earthquake in Haiti, with the money controlled by now-disgraced FIFA vice president Jack Warner of Trinidad and Tobago.
- FIFA previously said in 2012 it would ask Warner to explain how Chung's money and its own $250,000 donation to Haiti was spent.
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| 2015-08-18 09:05:19 | sentences | site |
- He also served two terms on the FIFA execitive committee and was UEFA vice president from 2007-09.
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| 2015-08-18 09:04:08 | sentences | site |
- Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, a former FIFA and UEFA official who also served as the president of the German soccer federation, has died.
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 | 2015-08-17 20:11:15 | sentences | site |
- FIFA official proposes abolishing executive committee as part of reform plan Add to...
- Although FIFA does not have the power to force its member associations to introduce their own term limits, the plan envisages changing FIFA's rules to ensure that only associations with term-limits are able to have individuals elected to FIFA's bodies.
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 | 2015-08-17 19:25:08 | sentences | site |
- "It is disturbing, to say the least, to hear Dr Chung Mong-joon describe Fifa as a corrupt organisation while announcing his candidacy," said Blatter.
- "Even more so when one recalls, and as Dr Chung cannot have forgotten, that he was a Fifa vice-president for 17 years from 1994 until 2011."
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 | 2015-08-17 19:02:11 | sentences | site |
- Chung also said "the problem at FIFA is that those mired in corruption, the only thing they are interested in is hiding the corruption".
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 | 2015-08-17 13:34:34 | sentences | site |
- German newspaper Welt am Sonntag said on Sunday that the document, entitled "Platini - skeleton in the closet", was distributed out of Fifa's headquarters.
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 | 2015-08-17 13:05:55 | sentences | site |
- The existence of the dossier on Platini, who is hoping to replace outgoing FIFA President Sepp Blatter in February's election, has also been reported in the Swiss media.
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 | 2015-08-17 13:02:10 | sentences | site |
- Fifa will investigate the alleged distribution of a dossier highly critical of Uefa president Michel Platini from its Zurich headquarters.
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| 2015-08-17 10:41:06 | sentences | site |
- Chung Mong-Joon announced his candidacy for the upcoming FIFA presidential elections.
- Announcing his bid to run for FIFA president, Chung Mong-Joon pledged to help the governing body clean itself up if he gets elected.
- Chung's cousin, Korean FA president Chung Mong-gyu, was defeated in April standing for one of Asia's four FIFA executive seats.
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| 2015-08-15 09:30:22 | sentences | site |
- The remarks came during a brief pretrial hearing for Jeffrey Webb, one of seven FIFA officials detained overseas in Switzerland last spring.
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 | 2015-08-14 18:04:18 | sentences | site |
- Julio Rocha, the former head of the Nicaraguan Football Federation who was one of seven FIFA officials detained in Switzerland in May, has agreed to be extradited to his home country, the Swiss justice ministry says.
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| 2015-08-14 17:02:11 | sentences | site |
- U.S. says hopeful more FIFA defendants will be extradited soon
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 | 2015-08-14 16:46:48 | sentences | site |
- Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb, right, leaves Brooklyn federal court with his attorney Edward O'Callaghan, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, in New York.
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 | 2015-08-14 16:46:48 | sentences | site |
- Prosecutor seeks extradition of more FIFA defendants
- A U.S. prosecutor says his office is in extradition negotiations with lawyers of defendants in the FIFA (FEE'-fuh) bribery soccer probe.
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 | 2015-08-11 20:41:10 | sentences | site |
- Reform proposals being discussed for Blatter's successor as FIFA president and executive committee members include term limits, publishing their salary and stricter vetting of candidates.
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 | 2015-08-11 15:12:46 | sentences | site |
- Asia's representatives were Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah from Kuwait, a member of FIFA's executive committee, and Australia's Kevan Gospar, former vice-president of the IOC.
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| 2015-08-11 14:23:07 | sentences | site |
- Carrard, who will appoint an advisory board featuring figures from outside football, will present his proposed reforms to the FIFA Congress on Feb. 26 when Sepp Blatter's successor will be elected.
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 | 2015-08-07 18:12:40 | sentences | site |
- Soccer's world governing body FIFA has launched an internal investigation of alleged corruption, two people familiar with the matter said, in a development that may signal greater cooperation with criminal probes by U.S. and Swiss authorities.
- Members of FIFA's executive committee were briefed on the internal investigation at a closed-door meeting in Zurich last month, said the sources, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.
- It is not clear how the election of a new FIFA president at a meeting scheduled for February would affect the internal investigation.
- Although authorities have so far described FIFA as a victim of the alleged corruption, the organization itself could still be added as a defendant at the discretion of prosecutors, especially if they believe FIFA is not fully cooperating as a victim would, according to lawyers with expertise in complex criminal cases.
- A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment on FIFA's internal investigation.
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| 2015-08-07 13:48:07 | sentences | site |
- The task force has no leader weeks before a FIFA-set deadline of Sept.
- UEFA has already sent FIFA its two nominations to join the task force, said Infantino, who declined to identify the officials.
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| 2015-08-07 13:48:07 | sentences | site |
- UEFA: Former IOC official candidate to lead FIFA task force
- Former Olympic official Francois Carrard is the only current candidate to chair FIFA's reform task force, according to UEFA secretary general Gianni Infantino.
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| 2015-08-06 19:41:35 | sentences | site |
- FIFA approaches former IOC official Carrard for reform role
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| 2015-08-06 08:25:16 | sentences | site |
- Germany down to 3rd in FIFA rankings; Argentina still No. 1
- 12, also because its third-place finish in Brazil counts for less in FIFA's calculations over a four-year cycle.
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 | 2015-08-03 10:16:43 | sentences | site |
- Blatter would ordinarily have been re-elected for another eight-year term as a procedural matter at the ongoing IOC Session in Malaysia, along with more than a dozen other members, but would be required to stand down when he left FIFA at the end of February.
- Although Blatter has not been accused of any wrongdoing, his stewardship has been heavily criticised and his troubled reign, that began in 1998, will come to an end when he is replaced by the winner of FIFA?s next presidential election on Feb. 26.
- Mr. Blatter wrote me a letter on July 23 informing me that it would be inappropriate to seek another eight-year term as he was retiring from his position at FIFA in seven months when a new president will be selected on Feb. 26,?
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 | 2015-08-03 04:23:50 | sentences | site |
- Blatter gives up IOC membership as FIFA exit nears
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| 2015-08-03 03:32:17 | sentences | site |
- Blatter, an IOC member since 1999, would have had to retire from his IOC term next year anyway because he turns 80 in March.
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| 2015-08-03 03:19:07 | sentences | site |
- FIFA President Sepp Blatter is relinquishing his position on the IOC.
- FIFA president Sepp Blatter's term as an International Olympic Committee member ended Monday when he did not seek re-election.
- Blatter was among a group of IOC members up for re-election for another eight-year term.
- But IOC President Thomas Bach said Blatter informed him by letter on July 23 that he would not stand again.
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 | 2015-07-28 16:17:35 | sentences | site |
- A former protege of Blatter's, Platini turned into one of his biggest critics and he has said FIFA's corruption scandal "disgusted" him and gave him "stomach trouble".
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 | 2015-07-28 15:08:49 | sentences | site |
- Platini's achievements would be neatly completed by becoming FIFA president.
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 | 2015-07-28 14:49:18 | sentences | site |
- GENEVA (AP) -- Michel Platini will run for FIFA president and plans to announce his intentions this week.
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| 2015-07-28 14:47:03 | sentences | site |
- Only FIFA's World Cup eluded him.
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| 2015-07-28 14:47:03 | sentences | site |
- Two officials familiar with Platini's plans have told The Associated Press that the FIFA vice president has made a decision to try to succeed Sepp Blatter.
- Platini joined Blatter in Zurich after a successful World Cup, won by France, as a presidential adviser for four years before winning a FIFA executive committee seat representing UEFA.
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 | 2015-07-28 13:59:13 | sentences | site |
- Blatter announced he would be stepping down following the arrest of seven FIFA officials as part of an investigation that had 14 people indicted on corruption charges.
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| 2015-07-28 13:21:14 | sentences | site |
- UEFA head Platini to announce FIFA presidency bid
- Platini has long been the bookmakers' favourite to succeed Blatter and last week his supporters indicated that he has picked up widespread support from leaders of the continental confederations.
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 | 2015-07-28 11:50:04 | sentences | site |
- Blatter has long coveted a Nobel Peace Prize for FIFA on behalf of world soccer, but the corruption cases appear finally to have ended that hope.
- Blatter made a similar comment in his first interview after being re-elected president of FIFA on May 29.
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| 2015-07-28 11:43:28 | sentences | site |
- MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin and Sepp Blatter just can't stop praising each other.
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| 2015-07-28 11:43:28 | sentences | site |
- Blatter had opened the draw ceremony Saturday - held at a palace in St. Petersburg that is an official Putin residence - and warmly congratulated his host.
- Putin said in the Swiss interview, recorded Saturday in St. Petersburg, that he was sure Blatter was not corrupt.
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 | 2015-07-27 20:29:53 | sentences | site |
- "I think people like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition. If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel prize, it's those people."
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 | 2015-07-27 19:18:23 | sentences | site |
- People like Blatter deserve Nobel prize, Putin tells Swiss TV
- An economic crisis has forced cut-backs in Russia's World Cup preparations, but Putin and FIFA officials have said this will not affect Russia's ability to host the championship.
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 | 2015-07-27 18:57:12 | sentences | site |
- On Saturday, at a meeting with Putin in St. Petersburg, Blatter said that FIFA, facing a major bribery scandal, had passed a resolution offering full support for holding the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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 | 2015-07-27 18:52:01 | sentences | site |
- Putin: People like FIFA head Sepp Blatter deserve Nobel prize
- Blatter announced he was quitting in June over a bribery scandal being investigated by U.S., Swiss and other law enforcement agencies that plunged FIFA into the worst crisis in its 111-year history.
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 | 2015-07-27 18:29:23 | sentences | site |
- ZURICH Scandal-plagued FIFA responded to criticism of its new reforms task force on Monday by saying an "independent person from outside of the game" should head the group.
- The move will placate Scala, who had already been working on reform plans for FIFA before the creation of the task force last week.
- "The work of the task force will be overseen by the independent bodies of FIFA, namely the Audit and Compliance, the Disciplinary and the Ethics Committee," added the statement.
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 | 2015-07-27 13:08:04 | sentences | site |
- AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) - The race to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president is like a "poker game", long-serving FIFA executive committee member Michel d'Hooghe said on Monday.
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| 2015-07-27 13:05:04 | sentences | site |
- Banning third-party ownership (TPO) is "indispensable for preserving clubs' and players' independence and for ensuring the integrity of matches and competitions," FIFA said.
- The case to suspend implementing FIFA's ban was brought by lawyers for the Doyen Sports Investments fund and Belgian second-division club Seraing United.
- The FIFA ban was agreed by its executive committee and took effect in May, following a campaign by UEFA.
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| 2015-07-27 13:05:04 | sentences | site |
- FIFA has welcomed a legal win in a Belgian court which upholds its ban on third-party investors owning players' transfer rights.
- The local court in Brussels rejected legal arguments that the ban broke European Union competition laws, FIFA said in a statement on Monday.
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 | 2015-07-26 15:48:41 | sentences | site |
- FIFA's World Cup Organizing Committee gathered Friday to finalize the tournament schedule in a chandeliered room of Robin's egg blue walls with gold and white accents.
- With the investigation as the backdrop, FIFA officials gathered in the city that served as the locale for Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment."
- Over the top defines FIFA and the draw.
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| 2015-07-26 11:47:16 | sentences | site |
- ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) As he shared the stage with FIFA's departing president Sepp Blatter, Russian President Vladimir Putin's message was simple.
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| 2015-07-26 11:35:18 | sentences | site |
- Russia getting on with World Cup job as FIFA fights scandal
- "I'd like to emphasize again that all the plans to prepare for the World Cup will be fulfilled," Putin said, standing alongside the embattled Blatter at Saturday's preliminary draw for the 2018 tournament.
- It's a "relaxing situation," FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke, who expects to leave office in February along with his longtime boss Blatter, told journalists Friday.
- "Russia is really way on track and I have no concern. The next FIFA secretary general should be happy with the work that I give him because he will have a very organized World Cup."
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