By Andrew Warshaw
September 15 – The consultant who spearheaded Sepp Blatter’s media campaign during his recent FIFA presidential election victory has been appointed the organisation’s new communications chief.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 14 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter today denied claims he will stand down halfway through his final term to make way for his opposite number at UEFA, Michel Platini.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – One of FIFA’s former powerbrokers is the latest figure to pour scorn over the way the organisation is handled under Sepp Blatter’s Presidency.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 29 – Mohamed Bin Hammam has again queried FIFA’s decision to ban him for life via his personal website.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 28 – Sepp Blatter’s eagerly awaited set of reforms to clean up FIFA after a year of scandal will be announced in October, he has claimed.
By Andrew Warshaw in Monaco
August 26 – Players who surround the referee to protest decisions could be red-carded in a new crackdown initiated by Pierluigi Collina, arguably the game’s most famous official who is now UEFA’s chief refereeing officer.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – FIFA are being urged to consider a radical programme of financial rewards and amnesties designed to crack down on match-fixing and illegal betting, regarded as the biggest scourge affecting the global game.
Andrew Warshaw
August 11 – Sixteen Caribbean officials are to be probed by FIFA for their roles in the recent bribery scandal that led to the downfall of former Asian football supremo Mohamed Bin Hammam and the resignation of senior FIFA vice-president Jack Warner.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 10 – Six match officials were banned for life by FIFA today in the latest move to clean up the game and stamp out corruption.
By David Gold
July 22 – FIFA has announced that nine different goal-line technology systems are set to be trialled between September and December by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials, Science and Technology.
By Mihir Bose
June 30 – FIFA will come in for unprecedented criticism from a House of Commons Select Committee over its handling of the corruption allegations surrounding World Cup bids next week.
By David Gold
June 8 – British Prime Minister David Cameron has labelled Sepp Blatter’s re-election as FIFA President a “farce” during Prime Minister’s Questions today.
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By David Gold
June 8 – FIFA has confirmed that it has extended its World Cup sponsorship agreement with Chinese solar energy company Yingli Green Energy.
By David Gold
June 5 – Nigeria’s 4-1 win over Argentina last Wednesday (June 1) is the latest and highest profile international friendly match to come under investigation by FIFA for suspected match fixing.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 27 – FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam today rejected all the evidence against him as “without substance” and has repeated his assertion that the opposing camp are out to smear him.