November 5, 2012
Platini gets backing for winter World Cup
Prince Ali of Jordan has lined himself with fellow FIFA vice-president Michel Platini in endorsing the idea of staging the Qatar’s 2022 World Cup finals in the northern hemisphere winter.
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October 18, 2012
Bin Hammam case opens large can of worms for AFC and FIFA
Mohamed Bin Hammam, currently fighting his corner again before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, has left senior figures in Asian football in no doubt about his determination to prove his innocence over accusations of…
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September 21, 2012
Players put pressure on UEFA to recognise Kosovo
FIFA is being petitioned by Kosovar-exile internationals not to back down on a pledge to offer one hand into the real football world to the orphan Balkan state.
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September 6, 2012
Light at the end of the tunnel for Kosovo
The ground is shifting, ever so slightly, on Kosovo, the Balkan state stuck in international limbo – in sport as much as politics – ever since seceding from Serbia, rump state of collapsed former Yugoslavia,…
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August 30, 2012
Back to the future for FIFA World Cup probe
FIFA's new chief investigator would be advised to examine how Germany secured the 2006 World Cup, before he embarks upon analysing the process that saw Russia and Qatar awarded the 2018 and 2022 finals respectively.
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August 28, 2012
FIFA’s new chief investigator promises to leave no stone unturned
Michael Garcia, FIFA’s new chief investigator, is turning his inquisitive eyes on awards of World Cup host rights not only to Russia and Qatar in 2018 and 2022 . . . but also to Germany…
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August 1, 2012
Kick it out! FIFA vows to get tough on racism
Chastened by the reaction to his call for incidents of racism to be settled by a handshake, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has pledged to adopt a more aggressive stance on discrimination.
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July 29, 2012
FIFA’s new ethics chief will have his hands full
FIFA’s new ethics investigators are planning to set up a complaints “pipeline” available to absolutely anyone who suspects corrupt behaviour within the world federation.
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July 19, 2012
CAS Bin Hammam judgment opens can of worms for FIFA
The entire fragile political power balance of world football has been thrown back into confusion by Mohamed Bin Hammam's success in having his life ban from the game - imposed by FIFA last year -…
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July 16, 2012
Blatter on the ropes but fighting his corner
With his position as FIFA president under scrutiny following the publication of the infamous ISL file, Sepp Blatter has come out fighting and even started making accusations about his detractors.
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July 12, 2012
ISL report puts FIFA’s credibility on the line
The publication of the long-awaited ISL file naming those within FIFA who accepted bribes, throws into question the credibility of both the FIFA reform programme and the new ethics system.
