Soccer
French prosecutors are investigating the decision by FIFA to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tournament to Qatar, a source close to the investigation has said.
Soccer
Fallen football supremo Michel Platini has accused Sepp Blatter of making him “his last scalp” as FIFA president in the affair which saw both men banned.
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Suspended European soccer boss Michel Platini will resign as head of governing body UEFA after losing a top level appeal against a ban for ethics violations, but said he would continue his fight to clear his name.
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has lodged an appeal against his six-year ban from soccer for ethics violations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport says.
Authorities searched the offices of France’s soccer federation and seized documents to help a Swiss investigation into former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Switzerland’s prosecutor said overnight.
Even Adelaide United’s ascension to second place on the A-League ladder was shaded by the rise of world soccer’s new supremo. Paul Marcuccitti sizes up Gianni Infantino and assesses the legacy of the man he replaces, the disgraced Sepp Blatter.
