Players from 19 of the 24 squads at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Mexico this summer tested positive for banned drug clenbuterol due to contaminated meat... more
The bid for the tournament ended in disaster last December, attracting only two FIFA members' votes including that of British FIFA vice-president Geoff Thompson... more
It was Blazer who alerted FIFA to allegations of bribery which led to fellow FIFA member Mohamed Bin Hammam being banned for life and Jack Warner resigning from football activity... more
Former FIFA executive Bin Hammam has called the decision to ban him for life "deeply flawed", and will take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport... more
FIFA confirmed they have received an email from the 'whistleblower' who made a number of claims about Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid withdrawing the allegations... more
The Football Association failed to learn the lessons of previous failed World Cup bids while FIFA appear to be attempting to sweep corruption scandals under the carpet, according to a report by MPs... more
Graham Taylor has claimed that during his time on FIFA's technical committee he was prompted to charge expenses to FIFA for costs the Football Association were already covering... more
Head of world football Sepp Blatter has declared himself the 'captain of a ship in troubled waters' as he promised to restore the image of the scandal-hit footballing body... more
VISA has become the latest leading corporate backer of Fifa to express concern about the corruption scandal within world football's governing body... more
FIFA president insisted he will come out fighting after world football's governing body launched an investigation into claims that he knew about acts of bribery... more
Blatter has made FIFA untrustworthy with a clandestine and centralised decision-making process that is a breeding ground for potential corruption... more
Nicolas Leoz, the Paraguayan who is president of the South American confederation CONMEBOL, claimed he received an invitation the day before the December 2 vote... more
Blatter, FIFA president since 1998, is standing against his former ally Mohamed Bin Hammam, the head of Asian football, in the election on June 1... more
FIFA will next week launch tests into 10 companies' goal-line technology systems which if successful should lead to the principle being adopted... more
FIFA president has defended the decision to give the World Cup to Russia and Qatar - and insisted that losing bids should accept defeat gracefully... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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