by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 4, 2016 | Sports
Zurich (Switzerland) – FIFA scandals have recently sampled in an ongoing parade of exposed corruption with its latest being the Swiss police raiding its headquarters in Zurich. In the search, each of former president Sepp Blatter, former FIFA Secretary General...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 12, 2016 | Sports
FIFA had banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini from football for eight years, as the two had been investigated by the body’s Ethics Committee amid the corruption scandal that has shaken up football governance in recent months. FIFA Ethics Committee considered...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 8, 2016 | Sports
The 8-year-banned football administrator, Michel Platini told The Associated Press that he remains determined to overturn the eight-year ban he was handed by FIFA’s ethics committee last month, but that the deadline for the Feb. 26 election is too short, forcing...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 22, 2015 | Sports
ZURICH—Soccer’s international governing body issued eight-year bans on two of the most powerful men in the game: FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his former heir-apparent Michel Platini for alleged ethical violations. Blatter responded angrily to the decision, saying...