By Paul Nicholson and Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – Almost lost in the stunning news that the Swiss attorney general was opening a criminal investigation into FIFA president Sepp Blatter, was the release of information following the two-day FIFA executive committee meeting that “deliberated on a number of forward-looking measures to improve governance as part of the reform process.”
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – In the most dramatic development to date in the entire FIFA corruption scandal, Swiss investigators today announced that they had opened criminal proceedings against Sepp Blatter on “suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation”.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – Away from UEFA territory where he could have been accused of opportunism, Michel Platini has given his first thoughts on running for FIFA president.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – FIFA has agreed to give Swiss investigators access to the email accounts of the organisation’s suspended general secretary Jerome Valcke.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – As FIFA moved into the second of its two-day executive committee meeting, embattled outgoing president Sepp Blatter, desperate to leave a positive legacy when he steps down in February, has urged his members to approve the reform process that would kick in after his 18-year tenure ends.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 24 – Just as its executive committee began its latest session in what must be a distinctly uneasy atmosphere, FIFA have been asked by Swiss prosecutors to provide access to email accounts of suspended general secretary Jerome Valcke.
September 23 – Nigerian businessman Orji Uzor Kalu has become the latest prospective contender, little known outside his own Continent, to bid for the presidency of FIFA.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – Prospective FIFA presidential candidate Zico may already be a rank outsider in the race to succeed Sepp Blatter but the Brazilian legend is talking as good a game as he showed on the field in a bid to upset the odds on February 26.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – As the fallout from football’s unprecedented corruption scandal shows no sign of diminishing, FIFA are considering a possible new venue and date for its vital year-end executive committee meeting currently scheduled for Japan in December.
September 22 – FIFA reports that construction at it’s FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich is running according to plan and that the museum will open in the first quarter of 2016.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 22 – FIFA’s ethics investigators have tabled a request to this week’s executive committee meeting calling for greater powers to explain precise reasons for punishing officials in order to offset constant media speculation and speed up the reform process.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 22 – The net appears to be finally closing in on former FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF supremo Jack Warner after extradition proceedings to the United States on corruption charges were approved by Trinidad’s attorney general.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein has been quick to seize on the suspension of the organisation’s secretary general Jerome Valcke.
September 21 – The global auditing firm KPMG has launched an internal review of its Swiss subsidiary that is responsible for the audit of FIFA according to the Swiss media.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 18 – Just when you thought the corruption scandal enveloping FIFA could not get any deeper, Jerome Valcke, Sepp Blatter’s right-hand man, was dramatically relieved of his duties today, hours after he was the subject of allegations over a scheme to sell 2014 World Cup tickets above face value.