By Andrew Warshaw
September 11 – FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon is back on the offensive over his claim that his own Asian confederation is guilty of “electoral fraud” in the race to succeed Sepp Blatter, this time all but accusing FIFA, which has refused to support his allegations, of a cover-up.
By Andrew Warshaw and Paul Nicholson
September 10 – The man charged with overseeing FIFA’s reform process has released details of a thorough and radical blueprint designed to overhaul the organisation’s powers of responsibility and bring an end to the atmosphere of mistrust and the stench of corruption that has plagued world football’s governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 10 – FIFA is at a “watershed” moment when it comes to the credibility of the organisation according to Domenico Scala, the official overseeing the reform process whose comprehensive eight-point plan for widespread change in the post-Sepp Blatter era was made public today.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 9 – Little over three months after being defeated by Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, the young reformer who won’t give in, put himself back in the firing line today as he officially announced he will stand again next February saying he wanted to finish where he left off.
By Paul Nicholson
September 8 – Former FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb has had his bail conditions altered allowing him to return to his US home in Loganville, Georgia. Webb had been restricted to living within 20 miles of the Brooklyn, New York, courthouse where the case against him is being heard.
By Andrew Warshaw at Soccerex in Manchester
August 7 – Breaking a three-month silence since losing to Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan gave the broadest hint yet today that he wants to have another crack at the job but left a number of questions unanswerered, not least where his votes might come from next time.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – While Michel Platini bides his time before declaring exactly how he intends to improve FIFA if elected its president, his only heavyweight rival for the job so far has stolen a march on the UEFA chief.
September 6 – FIFA presidential candidate Zico, regarded very much as an outsider, has issued a 10-point manifesto saying he wants to rebuild the organisation based around “democratisation, transparency, governance and the permanent evolution of world football”.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 4 – Anyone who thought the eagerly anticipated first meeting of FIFA’s much-trumpeted Reform body would result in ground-breaking advances will be disappointed but its leader insists “important steps” have been taken in the way world football’s governing body is run.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 3 – In a dramatic early twist in the race to succeed Sepp Blatter, South Korean FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon has lambasted his own confederation by accusing them of breaking electoral and ethical rules and calling for an official inquiry.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 2 – FIFA’s much-touted Reform Task Force convenes for the first time today and tomorrow amid considerable doubt over whether it will finally be able to bring about desperately needed concrete change in the wake of the unprecedented corruption crisis that has engulfed the organisation.
September 2 – Prospective FIFA presidential candidate Zico has written to all his potential rivals asking them to engage in an early debate about the future of the organisation.
By Paul Nicholson
September 2 – Timing is everything but a gathering of the world’s federal prosecutors for a conference in Zurich, where FIFA is headquartered, has a certain tragi-comical resonance.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 28 – Michel Platini’s eagerly awaited first press conference since announcing he is running for FIFA president turned into a giant anti-climax when he refused to answer any questions about his candidacy, much to the disappointment and annoyance of scores of journalists who had travelled to Monaco specifically to hear his blueprint for the future.
By Mark Baber
August 28 – In the latest moves in the FIFA corruption case, an Argentine judge has suspended the US extradition request for Argentine businessmen Hugo and Mariano Jinkis in lieu of more information from US prosecutors, whilst the US has insisted on priority over Nicaragua in extraditing Julio Rocha from Switzerland.