India hit by sexual misconduct scandal as U17 coach sent home from Norway tour
July 3 – In the latest scandal to rock Indian football, U-17 women’s football team assistant coach Alex Ambrose has been sacked for sexual misconduct.
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DoJ earmarks another $92m for ‘Remission Fund’ from FIFAGate collections
July 1 – FIFA will receive another $92 million in compensation for losses sustained in global football corruption schemes, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) said on Tuesday.
Qatar human rights concerns force Shrewsbury to cancel friendly against club side
July 1 – A second English team has cancelled a fixture against Qatari opposition following a backlash over the World Cup host’s human rights record.
Football hate crime can be punished with stadium bans, says UK criminal prosecution body
June 30 – Fans convicted of football-related online hate crime can now be banned from attending matches in the UK, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service has announced.
Al-Thawadi, Thomsen and Traverso line-up for Sport Integrity Week big bash in September
June 30 – Qatar 2022 chief Hassan Al-Thawadi, UEFA’s financial sustainability guru Andrea Traverso and European Leagues chairman Claus Thomsen are amongst the first headliners from football who are lined up to speak at Sport Integrity Week, September 12-16.
SIGA and Yale to deliver culture changing ‘sport, fashion, governance and equity’ course
June 24 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has timed the announcement of a new partnership with Yale University to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX.
CAS sets July dates to hear Russian appeals against FIFA and UEFA bans
June 23 – Russian football’s appeal against the decision to ban their clubs and national teams from international competition because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine is set to be heard in early July by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Motsepe accused of ‘buying’ his way into South African government contracts
June 22 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe (pictured) has been implicated in the latest criminal case against South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Spanish court hits Eto’o with €3.9m fine over hidden image rights payments
June 21 – Four-time African footballer of the year Samuel Eto’o (pictured) has been handed a 22-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to a €3.9 million tax fraud relating to his image rights while playing for Barcelona.
Trial date changes prompt Giggs to give up chance of managing Wales at Qatar 2022
June 21 – Ryan Giggs has formally quit as coach of the Welsh national team even though he has been on the sidelines for several months.
Hate speech alive and kicking: 50%+ of players at Euro 2020 and AFCON abused
June 20 – Over half of the players who competed in the latter stages of Euro 2020 and the African Cup of Nations finals were abused online before, during and after the game, according to a shocking report released jointly by FIFA and FIFPRO, the international players’ union.
Prosecutor removes jail time in Blatter/Platini trial, opens new probe into $140m FIFA Museum
June 16 – Prosecutors in the criminal trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-Uefa boss Michel Platini have demanded both men be handed 20-month suspended prison sentences, accusing them of defrauding FIFA.
Kattner says it wasn’t fraud and he didn’t tip off Swiss investigators to Blatter-Platini payment
June 16 – Former FIFA finance director Markus Kattner has told the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, that he didn’t flag the payment of CHF2 million from FIFA, requested by Sepp Blatter, to Michel Platini to the Swiss federal authorities and that he doesn’t believe it was an illegal payment.
Blatter/Platini trial enters fifth day with former FIFA finance boss Kattner set to testify
June 14 – The fifth day of the trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini continues with former FIFA finance director Markus Kattner expected to testify in the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona in Switzerland.