Ukrainian striker after failed dope test, but Biesiedin will be back for Euros
May 13 – Ukraine striker Artem Biesiedin has been banned for one year by UEFA after failing a doping test.
Integrity
FIFA and UEFA probe Ukraine FA boss Pavelko’s financial conduct
May 12 – The highest-ranking official in Ukrainian football is under fresh scrutiny regarding millions of dollars in development money paid to his national federation.
US women appeal equal pay ruling saying they win more so should be paid more
May 11- One week after a federal judge threw out their claim against the US Soccer Federation for equal pay, the US Women’s National Team have filed their widely anticipated appeal.
Khashoggi murder and beoutQ piracy cast shadow over moral integrity of Newcastle sale
May 11 – The fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has pleaded with Newcastle United and the Premier League to ensure “moral values prevail” before any takeover deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is backed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, is agreed.
SIGA Strives 17: Integrity body releases video messages from SIGA Champions
May 7 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) is releasing a series of video messages from its athlete and coaching ambassadors paying tribute to health professionals and other key frontline workers. and send a message of hope, inspiration and confidence to children and young people across the globe.
Blatter questions Infantino’s deal(ings) with Swiss AG Lauber
May 6 – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has hit back at the governing body and current president Gianni Infantino’s request that the Swiss public prosecutor’s office continue to investigate him.
SIGA Strives 16: Integrity body issues a call for youth engagement to #TakeCharge
May 7 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has issued a call to the world’s youth to “rise up and drive change” within the sporting industry.
Swiss politicians call for FIFA investigation-bungler Lauber to be fired
May 4 – More Swiss parliamentarians have joined calls for the nation’s attorney general Michael Lauber to resign after the five-year statute of limitations in the 2006 World Cup fraud investigation expired last week with no verdicts.
US women to appeal after Californian judge dismisses equal pay case
May 4 – The US women’s national squad have vowed to continue their fight after their globally publicised claims for equal pay were dismissed by a landmark court ruling, handing a significant victory to the United States Soccer Federation.
Money laundering Israeli Bank Hapoalim pays $30m to US Justice Dept in FIFAgate deal
By Andrew Warshaw
May 1 – In a new and unexpected twist to the FIFAgate scandal that the current regime of Gianni Infantino is determined to move on from, Israel’s largest bank, Hapoalim, has been dramatically dragged into the long-running saga by agreeing to pay $30 million for its previously unknown role in money laundering.
Haitian FA boss Jean-Bart accused of sexual abuse
May 1 – The man who has run football in Haiti for the best part of two decades has been accused of sexual abuse in a damning report in Britain’s Guardian newspaper.
Failed Swiss prosecutors leak Blatter knew Warner was enriching himself
April 30 – A new twist has emerged in the criminal case against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter that was recently dropped, further calling into question the efficacity of the Swiss justice department that has been under severe scrutiny in recent months.
FIFA fury over collapse of Germany 2006 World Cup bribery case
By Andrew Warshaw
April 28 – In a rare intervention indicative of its frustration verging on anger, FIFA has slammed the collapse of the 2006 World Cup fraud trial in Switzerland that allowed three prominent former German football supremos to escape a verdict.
Swiss parliamentarians start procedure for dismissal of Lauber
April 29 – Conservative Swiss MP Lorenz Hess has filed a request for a dismissal procedure to be initiated against the nation’s attorney general Michael Lauber (pictured), who has come under severe pressure after the five-year statute of limitations in the 2006 World Cup fraud investigation expired on Monday.
Al-Khelaïfi and Valcke get court date; beIN boss demands prosecutors removed and files own criminal complaint
April 29 – The seemingly on-off Swiss prosecution of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi (pictured), boss of beIN Media and president of Paris St Germain, has taken further twists this week with Swiss justice saying he will be tried in court in September. Al-Khelaïfi’s lawyers had already filed a request for the removal of ‘compromised’ federal prosecutors, as well as filing their own criminal complaint.