Presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan has complained to FIFA about an agreement signed between the African and Asian confederations.
LONDON (Reuters) – Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa could revisit the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups if he wins next month’s FIFA presidential election and previous “wrongful conduct” has been proven. World soccer’s governing body is facing criminal investigations in Switzerland and the United States, where 41 soccer officials and […]
LONDON (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale feels sorry for Sepp Blatter, the banned president of soccer’s scandal-plagued governing body, and has described his work as a “monument.” Sexwale, a South African businessman and politician, is one of five candidates standing to replace Blatter, who has been banned for eight years along with European […]
By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) – Banned European soccer boss Michel Platini has withdrawn his candidacy from the race for the presidency of soccer’s scandal-plagued governing body FIFA, he told French sports daily L’Equipe on Thursday. Platini, the head of European soccer body UEFA, was handed an eight-year ban from the game along with outgoing […]
By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) – FIFA faces a “catastrophic” future if the wrong man is elected head of world soccer’s governing body, presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein said on Tuesday when he published his election manifesto. The 40-year-old Jordanian royal, who was beaten by 133-73 votes by Sepp Blatter in last May’s election, […]
REUTERS – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected an Thursday an appeal by Liberian Musa Hassan Bility to be allowed to stand in February’s election for the presidency of world soccer body FIFA. Bility, head of the Liberian Football Association, had appealed a decision in November by FIFA’s Ad hoc Electoral Committee to […]
By Simon Evans MIAMI, (Reuters) – U.S. sports television network ESPN has invited the five candidates in FIFA’s presidential election to participate in a debate on the future of the crisis-hit governing body for world football. “ESPN has invited all five candidates vying for the FIFA presidency to participate in a debate,” a network spokesman […]
