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FIFA suspends Keram over sexual abuse charges after Afghan government takes action

December 13 – Just days after Afghan Football Federation president Keramuddin Keram was removed from office by the country’s attorney general while allegations of sexual abuse against members of the country’s women’s national team are investigated, FIFA has followed suit by banning him due to the ongoing probe.

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Integrity

SIGA and UNESCO partner for ‘A Business Case for Sport Integrity’ initiative

December 13 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have partnered to raise the level of Sport Integrity within national governments via a research and profile-building project titled ‘A Business Case for Sport Integrity’. 

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Integrity

Ouseley to step down at Kick It Out, with challenge to football to make ‘lasting change’

December 12 – Lord Herman Ouseley is to stand down as chairman of British football’s anti-discrimination group Kick It Out at the end of the season.

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Football Marketing

Betting: Sky boss argues against TV match ad ban, Luton Town reject bookies’ money

By Paul Nicholson

December 11 – The debate over gambling ads in the UK has intensified with League One side Luton Town saying it has rejected sponsorship from betting companies while Sky CEO Stephen van Rooyen (pictured) has argued that banning gambling ads from being broadcast during matches will only drive that marketing spend online.

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Integrity

Chelsea ban abusive fans and say they will support any criminal prosecution

December 11 – Chelsea have taken immediate action following the foul-mouthed abuse perpetrated towards Manchester City’s England forward Raheem Sterling last weekend by banning four fans pending an investigation.

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FIFA

FIFA rejects bias to Infantino-supporting Chiyangwa but deploys ‘observers’ for ZIFA election

December 10 – FIFA is to send a delegation to observe the forthcoming and increasingly bitter Zimbabwe football federation elections pencilled in for December 16.

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Football Asia

Afghan FA boss Keram suspended over sexual abuse allegations

December 10 – Afghan Football Federation president Keramuddin Keram (pictured centre) has been suspended while allegations of sexual abuse against members of the country’s women’s national team are investigated.

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Integrity

Chelsea’s racially abusive fan sparks storm of condemnation

December 12 – A week after a banana was thrown by a Tottenham Hotspur fan – inexcusable but a rare occurance in English football – the far more prevalent problem of verbal racism has again reared its ugly head.

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FIFA

FifaGate: Criminal conspirator Salguero gets free pass for co-operating with FBI

September 7 – Former Guatemala football chief and one-time FIFA executive committee member Rafael Salguero avoided a jail term when he was sentenced on Thursday to time served, releasing him from house arrest following his role in the FifaGate corruption scandal.

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Integrity

Integrity bypass? Saudis attempt to buy their way to respectability with Italian Super Cup

December 6 – The global condemnation of Saudi Arabia for its role in the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi appears to have had little effect on top-flight Italian football administrators.

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Broadcast

Online bookies agree ‘whistle-to-whistle’ TV ad ban in UK

betting ads on tv

December 6 – British gambling companies have struck a ground-breaking deal which will see the end of their tv adverts during live matches.

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Football Asia

Afghan government opens investigation into sexual abuse allegations against its FA

December 5 – The Afghan government has now followed the lead of the AFC and FIFA and opened an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against the national women’s football. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called the allegations of abuse by male coaches and officials ‘shocking’.

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Integrity

FifaGate: Court docs show Salguero was offered bribe (unpaid) for World Cup vote

December 5 – Former Guatemala football chief and one-time FIFA executive committee member Rafael Salguero (pictured left) will be sentenced by a judge in New York this week in the latest move in the FifaGate scandal.

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Africa

FIFA support of Johansen forces CAF to kick Sierra Leone out of AFCON qualifiers

AFCON trophy

December 5 – The still unresolved power battle within Sierra Leone football administration has had a significant damaging on effect on the field with the country thrown out of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign because of government interference in the running of the federation.

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Integrity

Twerp Solveig asking Hegerberg to Twerk goes down like a lead Ballon d’Or

December 4 – As faux pas go, it was right up there with the most awkward. Monday’s Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris was in full swing and Norway forward Ada Hegerberg had just won the inaugural award for the best player in women’s football when the moment was tarnished by a moment of chauvanistic indiscretion.

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