FIFA says secretary not behind $10M payment in corruption probe
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke was not involved in the $10 million payment mentioned in the U.S. corruption probe engulfing soccer’s world governing body, FIFA said Tuesday. FIFA said the...
View ArticleSepp Blatter quits amid FIFA scandal
Soccer chief Sepp Blatter kicked himself out of the game Tuesday — saying he would quit the presidency of FIFA amid an investigation of his ties to the corruption scandal...
View ArticleSepp Blatter’s exit can only begin to fix FIFA
Leave it to Sepp Blatter to bring new meaning to the phrase “the least he could do.” The day after the FIFA scandals reached his very doorstep, the long-term international...
View ArticleInterpol puts 6 FIFA officials on most wanted list
Interpol added six men with ties to FIFA to its most wanted list on Wednesday, issuing an international alert for two former FIFA officials and four executives on charges including...
View ArticleLame ‘United Passions’ an ironic ode to glory of FIFA
“The slightest breach of ethics will be severely punished,” warns Sepp Blatter (Tim Roth) in this tedious, amateurish and hilariously ill-timed film about the illustrious history of FIFA, the world...
View ArticleBlazer came clean on FIFA payola in secret 2013 hearing
In a secret 2013 Brooklyn plea proceeding, former FIFA executive Charles “Chuck” Blazer revealed a stunning level of graft among international soccer’s top management — involving the siting of...
View ArticleEx-FIFA official says he’s got the goods on Sepp Blatter
Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner — one of 14 people indicted in the wide-ranging international soccer bribery scandal — is promising to spill the beans on the corruption and why...
View ArticleHow the FIFA scandal cemented ‘Last Week Tonight’s cultural importance
When FIFA president Sepp Blatter abruptly resigned on Tuesday — just four days after winning re-election — the Twittersphere had the same, immediate reaction: John Oliver now has to drink...
View ArticleFIFA admits that Russia and Qatar might lose World Cups
A top FIFA official said Russia and Qatar’s hosting of the next two World Cups could be imperiled if it’s shown that bribes helped those countries’ winning bids. Domenico Scala,...
View ArticleJohn Oliver keeps FIFA promise, chugs Bud Light Lime
John Oliver knows that a promise is a promise no matter how rancid it tastes. Oliver pleaded with advertisers to pull their FIFA support to get president Sepp Blatter to resign last week during his...
View Article‘Amateurish’ FIFA movie scores just $607 on opening weekend
“Pulp Fiction” actor Tim Roth takes a turn as Blatter; Sam Neill and Gerard Depardieu also star. Sunday’s take could bump the opening total to a still paltry $1,000, a...
View ArticleFIFA’s search for Blatter replacement to begin in July
Scandal-hit FIFA will hold an extraordinary executive committee meeting in July to discuss dates for the election to replace president Sepp Blatter, who announced his resignation next week. Soccer’s...
View ArticleFIFA scandal has nothing on sham that is big-time college hoops
It’s all a con. Here a FIFA, there a FIFA, everywhere a FIFA, FIFA. It’s like the window sign on Tourist Trap Row: “Why get cheated elsewhere?” This week, on the...
View ArticleSepp Blatter may not step down after all
LONDON — Sepp Blatter was warned from within FIFA on Sunday not to attempt to backtrack on his pledge to quit as president. Domenico Scala, who is overseeing the presidential...
View ArticleFIFA bans highest-ranking American for life
GENEVA — Chuck Blazer was banned for life by FIFA’s ethics committee on Thursday for widespread corruption, finally ending the career of the longtime most senior American in world soccer....
View ArticleHeckler makes it rain on Sepp Blatter in comic FIFA stunt
ZURICH — FIFA president Sepp Blatter was showered with paper money by a heckler before the start of a press conference on Monday announcing the end of the corrupt honcho’s...
View ArticleAlex Morgan to grace cover of newest FIFA video game
Lionel Messi will be joined by Alex Morgan on the cover of EA Sports’ FIFA 16 video game. The newest edition in the popular game franchise, which will be released...
View ArticleThe terrifying bromance of Sepp Blatter, Vladimir Putin
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin and Sepp Blatter just can’t stop praising each other. The Russian president, speaking with Swiss TV on Monday, said the embattled head of FIFA deserves a...
View ArticleBoston was dead-right to diss the obscene IOC
Three cheers to Boston for killing its 2024 Olympics bid. The International Olympics Committee’s demands have grown obscene, and it’s time somebody said so. For over a century, the games...
View ArticleIndicted ex-FIFA exec says home confinement driving him broke
Freedom is coming at too steep a price, an embattled former FIFA soccer boss whines in a plea for more lenient bail terms. Indicted former FIFA vice president, Jeffrey Webb,...
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