May 13 – In a classic example of what sports lawyers have warned could happen when leagues are stopped in the tracks and not completed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Amiens have started legal proceedings for their “unjust” relegation from France’s Ligue 1.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 13 – The noose appears to be tightening around the neck of Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber (pictured) who today was facing the start of proceedings that could lead to his impeachment following weeks of criticism of his handling of an official investigation into alleged FIFA-related corruption.
May 13 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) is putting in place the infrastructure for a White Paper on Sport Integrity involving input from multiple stakeholders across six core areas.
May 13 – Ukraine striker Artem Biesiedin has been banned for one year by UEFA after failing a doping test.
May 12 – The highest-ranking official in Ukrainian football is under fresh scrutiny regarding millions of dollars in development money paid to his national federation.
May 11- One week after a federal judge threw out their claim against the US Soccer Federation for equal pay, the US Women’s National Team have filed their widely anticipated appeal.
May 11 – The fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has pleaded with Newcastle United and the Premier League to ensure “moral values prevail” before any takeover deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is backed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, is agreed.
May 7 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) is releasing a series of video messages from its athlete and coaching ambassadors paying tribute to health professionals and other key frontline workers. and send a message of hope, inspiration and confidence to children and young people across the globe.
May 6 – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has hit back at the governing body and current president Gianni Infantino’s request that the Swiss public prosecutor’s office continue to investigate him.
May 7 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has issued a call to the world’s youth to “rise up and drive change” within the sporting industry.
May 4 – More Swiss parliamentarians have joined calls for the nation’s attorney general Michael Lauber to resign after the five-year statute of limitations in the 2006 World Cup fraud investigation expired last week with no verdicts.
May 4 – The US women’s national squad have vowed to continue their fight after their globally publicised claims for equal pay were dismissed by a landmark court ruling, handing a significant victory to the United States Soccer Federation.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 1 – In a new and unexpected twist to the FIFAgate scandal that the current regime of Gianni Infantino is determined to move on from, Israel’s largest bank, Hapoalim, has been dramatically dragged into the long-running saga by agreeing to pay $30 million for its previously unknown role in money laundering.
May 1 – The man who has run football in Haiti for the best part of two decades has been accused of sexual abuse in a damning report in Britain’s Guardian newspaper.
April 30 – A new twist has emerged in the criminal case against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter that was recently dropped, further calling into question the efficacity of the Swiss justice department that has been under severe scrutiny in recent months.