By Paul Nicholson
March 4 – The investigation by law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer into the corruption allegations around the 2006 World Cup has found that there is no clear evidence of vote-buying but does not rule out the possibility.
March 2 – Issa Hayatou’s enthusiasm in making sure FIFA’s reform package was passed by Congress last Friday before he stepped down as acting president may be partly explained by the fact that he had a six-figure incentive.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 2 – As widely anticipated, Michel Platini has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against his suspension from football-related activity as he seeks to annul the sanction upheld by the FIFA appeal committee last week but reduced from eight to six years.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 2 – His old boss at UEFA may have taken a somewhat different view but Gianni Infantino seems likely to approve trials of video technology when he attends the International FA Board meeting in Cardiff later this week, his first official function as the new FIFA president.
By Mark Baber
March 1 – Citibank has confirmed that it has received a subpoena from US prosecutors investigating alleged bribery, corruption and money laundering associated with FIFA.
By Samindra Kunti
February 29 – FIFA is to maintain its freeze on distributing any money to the Brazilian football association, the CBF, until the federation gets its house in order.
February 29 – Following the hurly burly of the FIFA presidential election at Zurich’s Hallenstadion FIFA’s new chief Gianni Infantino attended his first official public function across town at the opening of the SFr 130 million ($129 million) FIFA Museum project.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 29 – Gianni Infantino will earn less than his disgraced predecessor Sepp Blatter when he takes on the job of reforming FIFA, Insideworldfootball has learned. And whoever becomes his second in command will have to accept a smaller pay packet than former secretary general Jerome Valcke who, like Blatter, is banned from the game.
February 29 – Sepp Blatter says a weight has been lifted from his shoulders and that he is at peace with himself – even though he has left FIFA under the darkest of clouds.
February 29 – Whilst most stakeholders were quick to congratulate Gianni Infantino after his presidential election victory, the international players’ union FIFPro took a rather more negative approach, suggesting little would be done for those who actually play the game.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
February 26 – Gianni Infantino secured a surprise second-round victory over Asian football supremo Sheikh Salman today to become the ninth Fifa president following Sepp Blatter’s 18-year reign and keep the post in European hands.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
February 26 – The FIFA presidential election as expected moved into a second round of voting today as none of the four remaining candidates in the race after Tokyo Sexwale’s withdrawal managed to achieve the required two-thirds majority.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
February 26 – And then there were four. Just a few hours before the election of a new FIFA president, rank outsider Tokyo Sexwale as expected withdrew from the race but not before stealing the show with a wonderfully humourous speech to FIFA’s voting members.
By Paul Nicholson in Zurich
February 26 – FIFA is stumping up a massive $10 million a month for legal bills and is $550 million off its target.
By Mark Baber
February 26 – After nine months in jail, including nine weeks in the notorious New York Metropolitan Detention Centre – known as ‘Brooklyn’s Abu Ghraib’ – former FIFA executive committee member-elect, CONCACAF executive committee member and Costa Rican Football Federation president Eduardo Li was finally granted bail after a posting a bond of $300,000 in cash, $800,000 in US properties and the salaries of nine supporters worth over $900,000.