Sport

Real Madrid and city rivals Atletico handed transfer ban

Real Madrid and city rivals Atletico have been handed a transfer ban for breaching rules on signing foreign players under the age of 18. The

14 January 2016

Sport

FIFA sack secretary general Jerome Valcke

Football’s world governing body FIFA has sacked it’s suspended secretary general Jerome Valcke with immediate effect. The 55-year old Frenchman was

13 January 2016

Sport

Former Guatemalan football chief Jimenez arrested

Guatemalan police have arrested former national football federation president Brayan Jimenez in connection with a corruption probe into the sport’s

13 January 2016

Sport

Platini and Blatter still facing life bans

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini could still be facing lifetime bans from football after Fifa’s ethics investigators decided they will appeal the

12 January 2016

Sport

FIFA corruption scandal: CONMEBOL headquarters raided by Paraguayan state prosecutors

The South American football confederation (CONMEBOL) headquarters have been raided by Paraguayan state prosecutors in connection with the US Justice

8 January 2016

Sport

Platini pulls out of FIFA presidential race

Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini has withdrawn from the FIFA presidential race. The elections are scheduled to take place on February 26 but

7 January 2016

Sport

Former FIFA vice president Hawit agrees to extradition

Former FIFA vice-president Alfredo Hawit has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges. Hawit, from Honduras, was acting

6 January 2016

Sport

FIFA scandal: Valcke suspension extended

Fifa’s former Secretary General Jerome Valcke has had his suspension extended by 45 days. The ethics committee for football’s scandal-hit world

6 January 2016

Sport

Former FIFA secretary general facing nine-year ban

FIFA’s former secretary general Jerome Valcke is facing a nine-year ban from all football related activities. The ethics committee of World

5 January 2016

Sport

FIFA scandal: Swiss bank documents handed over to US Justice department

Bank account documents that were allegedly used for bribes connected with FIFA’s ongoing corruption scandal have been handed over to the US Justice

31 December 2015

Sport

Best of 2015: Annus Horribilis for FIFA and IAAF

Annus horribilis – a horrible or disastrous year. This Latin phrase can certainly be used to describe 2015 for two of sport’s most powerful world

24 December 2015

Switzerland

Blatter and Platini launch an appeal against their eight-year bans from football

The FIFA President and head of UEFA were also fined for ethics violations

21 December 2015

World News

FIFA-gate: Platini is 'biggest loser,' says analyst

The banning of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini has rocked the world of football. They have been found guilty of breaching FIFA’s code of ethics over

21 December 2015

World News

'We thought we were in the clear' and other interesting Sepp Blatter quotes

“Let the women play in more feminine clothes, like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts.” Sepp Blatter’s statements

21 December 2015

Sport

FIFA - how the house of cards started to collapse

The foundations at Fifa started to crumble back in May. The who’s who of the FIFA hierarchy had gathered in Zurich for the 65th annual congress and

21 December 2015

Switzerland

Football: Blatter and Platini get 8 year bans

A "dramatic day" for world football

21 December 2015

Switzerland

Football: Blatter and Platini get 8 year bans

Blatter to appeal suspension

21 December 2015

Sport

FIFA scandal: Blatter claims innocence at ethics hearing

Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter returned to the headquarters of football’s world governing body on Thursday for the first time since being

17 December 2015

Sport

Indictments, extraditions, pleas of not guilty and protests - the FIFA drama continues

The drama continues in what seems to be FIFA’s never-ending corruption saga. This week former FIFA vice president and ex-president of the South

16 December 2015

Honduras

Callejas to face soccer charges in US

Rafael Callejas, the former president of Honduras and one time chief of the country’s soccer federation is set to present himself to authorities in

15 December 2015