By Andrew Warshaw
August 30 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has taken another swipe at the English as he prepares to outline plans to reform the world governing body in the light of recent bribery scandals.
By David Gold
August 24 – An e-petition calling the British government to release files relating to the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy has passed the 100,000 mark, meaning the House of Commons business committee must consider putting it forward for discussion in Parliament’s lower chamber.
By Andrew Warshaw in Rio de Janeiro
July 27 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter today refuted allegations by one-time colleague Mohamed Bin Hammam that he ran the organisation like a dictator but refused to get drawn any further into the explosive bribery scandal that snared the former Asian football chief at the weekend.
By Duncan Mackay in Zurich
July 24 – Mohamed Bin Hammam today continued to protest his innocence after being given a life ban for bribery by FIFA but the lack of support for him, especially from Asia, was deafening.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 21 – A former boss of Interpol now working for FIFA says struggling players from poorer nations are being recruited to rig results of matches in exchange for being promised lucrative contracts in Europe and South America.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 7 – Mohamed Bin Hammam today broke a month-long silence over explosive bribery allegations against him and indicated, as first reported by insideworldfootball, that he would fight to the end to clear his name.
By David Owen in Durban
July 7 – FIFA President Joseph Blatter will depart from here with a blueprint of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ethics machinery in his briefcase.
By David Gold
July 4 – A report by Britain’s Culture, Media and Sport select Committee into England’s failed bid to host the 2018 World Cup has attacked FIFA and renewed calls for world football’s governing body to review its bidding process, as well as the decision to drop an investigation into former CONCACAF power broker Jack Warner.
By Andrew Warshaw in Moscow
June 25 – FIFA’s Ethics Committee looks set to announce their eagerly awaited verdict on world football’s most sordid bribery scandal on July 18, according to sources close to the case.
By Andrew Warshaw in Moscow
June 24 – Tottenham Hotspur admitted today that the club could not compete on a level playing field with their Premiership rivals unless they are able to acquire a bigger stadium.
By David Gold at the Inside World Football Forum in Moscow
June 24 – Russian Legal expert Karina Chichkanova (pictured) has said that public-private partnerships are a new concept to the country, but emphasised their importance in discussion at the Inside World Football Moscow Forum.
By David Gold at the Inside World Football Forum in Moscow
June 24 – CSKA Moscow President Evgeny Giner (pictured) told the Inside World Football Moscow Forum that Russian clubs must “learn how to make money” as the country’s Premier League looks to develop in the lead up to Russia 2018.
By David Gold at the Inside World Football Forum in Moscow
June 24 – The deputy chief executive and international relations director of Russia’s World Cup 2018 Organising Committee believes money will not be an issue for its preparations for the tournament whilst speaking at the Inside World Football Moscow Forum.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Inside World Football Forum in Moscow
June 24 – Alexey Sorokin, the head of Russia’s 2018 World Cup organisers, insisted today that his country had no idea they had prematurely won the vote back in December despite reports at the time that they knew about the landslide victory well before FIFA President Sepp Blatter opened the proverbial envelope.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Inside World Football Forum in Moscow
June 24 – Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup came under attack today from FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke, who warned the five-time winners of the tournament were lagging behind schedule and were not the best model for 2018 hosts Russia to copy.