By Andrew Warshaw
May 27 – Next week’s FIFA Presidential election was plunged into total farce today when Sepp Blatter himself was dragged into the biggest bribery scandal ever to hit the organisation.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 25 – Mohamed Bin Hammam today hit back after being charged by FIFA with offering bribes for votes, claiming the move was “little more than a tactic” on the the part of the opposing camp loyal to Sepp Blatter.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 25 – Football’s world governing body FIFA was plunged into disarray today when it was forced to launch an investigation into alleged bribery involving both Presidential challenger Mohamed Bin Hammam and veteran vice-president Jack Warner.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 19 – Sepp Blatter reacted with veiled astonishment today at the announcement by the English Football Association that they would be taking the rare option of abstaining at the upcoming FIFA Presidential election.
By David Gold at the SPONSORs Sports Summit in Dusseldorf
May 19 – Wolfgang Niersbach (pictured), the general secretary of the German Football Federation (DFB), has hit out at FIFA over how long it is taking to introduce goal-line technology to determine whether a ball has crossed the line or not.
By David Gold
May 18 – Iran is bidding to host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2013 and 2014, along with Morocco, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 16 – Mohamed Bin Hammam today hit back at Sepp Blatter’s assertion that a vote for the Qatari challenger at next month’s FIFA Presidential election would result in the organisation “disappearing into a black hole”.
By Duncan Mackay
May 13 – John Coates (pictured), the President of the Australian Olympic Committee, has today joined calls for FIFA to reform in the wake of latest damaging allegations made about the selection of the host countries for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 11 – Mohamed Bin Hammam, the challenger to incumbent Sepp Blatter for the FIFA Presidency, has leapt to the defence of Jack Warner over the corruption allegations against the controversial Caribbean powerbroker.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 11 – FIFA’s remit to improve the quality of international football before the next World Cup got off to an inauspicious and embarrassing start when the three most high-profile members of its so-called Task Force 2014 failed to show up here.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 9 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter today attempted to distance himself from reports that England’s 2018 World Cup bid team hired a private security firm to monitor the behaviour of their rivals during the campaign.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 9 – Scores of players, officials and referees across both Eastern and Western Europe have been taking bribes to throw up to 300 matches – not just international friendlies but also Champions League and Europa League fixtures.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 19 – Mohamed Bin Hammam can count on the support of at least 10 members of his Asian Confederation when he bids for the presidency of FIFA on June 1.
By Andrew Warshaw at Sport Accord in London
April 4 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter rolled into London today but refused to give any details of his campaign to be re-elected for a fourth term of office at the head of football’s world governing body.
By David Gold
April 4 – Neymar has refused to apologise to Scottish supporters for claiming that he was the victim of racist abuse at the game between Scotland and Brazil on March 27, insisting that he was not pointing the finger at any particular group of fans.