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Pieth adds to criticism of Infantino’s ethically-challenged new FIFA

Mark Pieth

December 12 – FIFA’s original governance guru has come out of the shadows to describe the organisation under Gianni Infantino as a laughing stock that has actually gone backwards from the days of Sepp Blatter when it comes to meaningful reform.

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Integrity

UEFA see red over Carvajal’s ‘deliberate’ yellow

December 8 – Good try but not good enough. Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal will miss the first leg of the Champions League last 16 after he was found by UEFA to have got himself deliberately booked for time-wasting in the last month’s 6-0 win at Apoel Nicosia. 

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Law

FIFA gate trial: Tournaments that were never played, bribes that were, and pedicures

Scales of justice

December 7 – A Brazilian marketing executive has told the FifaGate trial in New York how he helped set up an enticing bribe to powerful South American football officials to secure the rights for a new tournament that never happened.

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Integrity

Russian racism returns as Spartak player targets Liverpool’s Brewster in Youth League

December 12 – Already reeling from the doping scandal that has reverberated through world sport, Russian football has been hit with its latest claim of racism, this time against Liverpool striker Rhian Brewster who has alleged he was abused by a Spartak Moscow player during a UEFA Youth League game on Wednesday.

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Integrity

IOC bans Russia 2018 supremo Mutko from all Olympic events over doping scandal

By Andrew Warshaw

December 6 – The position of Russian World Cup supremo Vitaly Mutko has been catapulted back into the spotlight following the International Olympic Committee’s far-reaching decision to ban all Russian athletes from competing under their own flag at next year’s winter Olympics as punishment for a state-sponsored doping programme.

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Integrity

ICSS launches whistleblower hotline for the US and Canada

December 6 – The US, whose law enforcement bodies are intent on cleaning up world football and its global corruption surrounding high value marketing rights in the Americas, now has a dedicated whistleblower line for athletes, sports execs and even members of the public who want to report misconduct.

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FIFA

Bility and Liberian FA accelerate war on whistleblower Woodson, with second suspension

By Paul Nicholson

December 6 – The iron fist of democracy with which Musa Bility rules the Liberian FA (LFA) has once again landed on his arch critic Rochell Woodson who has been suspended for a second time by the LFA from fulfilling her duties as an executive committee member.

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Law

Catching the big fish. Traffic’s Hawilla testifies in trial of Marin, Napout and Burga

December 5 – A prominent Brazilian businessman testified on Monday that he participated in a bribery scheme to buy the influence of key FIFA officials in order to win commercial rights to major tournaments, a decision he later regretted.

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Law

TyC bagman Rodriguez details $$$$m of bribes to Leoz, Grondona, Teixeira and Del Nero

November 30 – A former accountant working with Argentina-based marketing firm Torneos y Competencias has told the FifaGate trial in New York  how he handled the payment of millions of dollars in bribes to powerful south American officials in exchange for the rights to broadcast tournaments and matches.

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Africa

Gambia government caves in over FA corruption allegations and follows FIFA line

Gambia fan

November 30 – Gambia has bowed to FIFA pressure after the country’s sports council chairman, Bori Darboe, reinstated the national FA’s executive committee.

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Law

Real Madrid’s Modric becomes latest player caught in Spanish tax probe into image rights

November 30 – Real Madrid’s Croatian midfield star Luka Modric has become the latest high-profile player in Spain accused of tax fraud on revenue from his image rights.

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FIFA

Colombia’s Bedoya tells of World Cup approach, bribes and an offer from Nike

Luis Bedoya

November 28 -Fresh revelations at the FifaGate scandal trial in New York have heaped more unwanted publicity on 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar with the former president of Colombia’s federation testifying that a sports marketing executive told him that up to $15 million in bribe money was potentially available for South American officials to back Qatar’s bid.

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Law

Families untied. Chiriboga testifies against father and ‘friends’ in FIFAgate court

November 24 – The son of disgraced former Ecuador FA president Luis Chiriboga (pictured) has testified against his father in the FIFAgate corruption trial in New York, admitting he facilitated bribery payments.

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Integrity

Going Dutch? Sports minister says KNVB must end women’s pay exploitation

By Samindra Kunti

November 23 – Dutch Minister for Sport Bruno Bruins wants the Dutch FA (KNVB) to consider narrowing the salary gap between professional men’s and women’s football in the Netherlands.

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Finance

Former Anzhi owner Kerimov questioned in France for tax evasion

Suleiman Kerimov

November 23 – The former owner of Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala has reportedly been questioned for two days in France following his arrest on suspicion of tax evasion.

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