By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
June 1 – Mohamed Bin Hammam, the one-time challenger to Sepp Blatter for the FIFA Presidency before being charged with alleged serious bribery, flew out of here today a few hours before his rival was about to be appointed for a fourth and final term.
By David Gold
May 27 – FIFA has said that a friendly international between Kuwait and Jordan, which was held in the United Arab Emirates at the end of March, is under investigation for alleged match fixing.
By David Gold
May 23 – Japan will be hosting the Club World Cup in December as planned despite continuing fears over the nuclear crisis in the country following March’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has confirmed.
By David Gold
May 16 – Djoko Driyono, the acting secretary general of the Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) has confirmed that their congress was being held to avoid further censure from FIFA.
Andrew Warshaw
May 16 – FIFA’s Thai executive committee member Worawi Makudi publicly confirmed today that he plans to file charges against former English Football Association chairman Lord Triesman for making bribery accusations against him over England’s 2018 World Cup bid.
By Duncan Mackay
May 13 – Worawi Makudi, one of the four FIFA Executive Committee members who allegedly asked for favours to vote for England 2018 during its World Cup bid, is no longer the head of the Thailand Football Association (FAT), he has been told.
By David Gold
May 12 – The Indonesian FA (PSSI) has been forced to bow to pressure from FIFA as the Normalisation Committee set up to run the country’s football affairs confirmed the final list of candidates eligible to run in their elections next week, with controversial candidates George Toisutta and Arifin Panigoro absent
By David Gold
May 9 – The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) faces censure unless FIFA deems that it has sufficiently reformed following its elections, scheduled for May 20.
By David Gold
May 6 – Worawi Makudi, the chief of the Thai Football Association, is confident that he will be re-elected to the post next week despite the country’s expulsion from the 2012 Olympic football qualifiers.
By David Gold
May 2 – Japan has arranged international friendlies with Peru and the Czech Republic next month after reassuring their opponents over potential health risks due to the country’s ongoing nuclear crisis.
By David Gold
April 26 – Junji Ogura, President of the Japanese Football Association, is looking for FIFA assistance through the Goal Programme to help cover reconstruction of football facilities in the country after March’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.
By David Gold
April 22 – FIFA has ruled that Nurdin Halid, the current head of the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI), is ineligible for the Executive Committee elections next month.
By David Gold
April 22 – Doha looks set to host a benefit game in December for the victims of last month’s devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan.
By David Gold
April 12 – The Indonesian Premier League (IPL), which is in conflict with the country’s Football Association (PSSI), is set for a merger with the country’s Super League, but has won Government and FIFA support to continue until the end of the season.
By David Gold
March 29 – Indonesia’s Football Assocation (PSSI) has provoked a row after a FIFA observer was reportedly prevented from attending its Congress as controversy grows over the legitimacy of its chairman.