By Andrew Warshaw
November 20 – Without mentioning Gianni Infantino by name, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin today issued a veiled attack on what he described as “secret” deals orchestrated by his opposite number at FIFA as the row over an alleged plan to sell off FIFA’s World Cup rights as part of a $25 billion deal with a consortium linked to Saudi Arabia escalated.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 19 – A prominent FIFA council member is urging Gianni Infantino to come clean over his alleged landscape-changing plan to sell off FIFA’s World Cup rights as part of a $25 billion deal with a consortium linked to Saudi Arabia.
November 19 – A Swiss federal prosecutor cleared of wrongdoing after being suspended amid questions about his conduct during investigations into suspected corruption surrounding FIFA will not be getting his job back.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 19 – Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, one of the most influential powerbrokers in world sport who not so long ago was a major player at FIFA, is “temporarily” stepping aside from his International Olympic Committee duties after he was charged with forgery in Switzerland.
November 16 – FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he has no idea why Switzerland’s lead investigator into corruption within the organization was suspended from his role.
By Samindra Kunti
November 15 – Belgian authorities, already investigating clubs and the league for match-fixing and money laundering crimes, have now raided the premises of top flight club Mouscron and arrested three people. The focus of the new police probe is Israeli super agent Pini Zahavi who is suspected of having had an illegal role and undue power at the club.
November 14 – Eduardo Li, the former president of the Costa Rican Soccer Federation (FEDEFUTBOL) and one of the original ‘Zurich Seven’ arrested in the FifaGate corruption scandal, is now free to return to his homeland on so-called supervised release after serving nine months in prison and a period on parole.
November 13 – Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been charged by the Football Association with misconduct for alleged breaches of its betting rules although he insists that he has “never gambled on football”.
November 13 – Former French international Samir Nasri, who was banned for a doping offense for 18 months, is poised to be given a controversial route back into the game by joining Premier League West Ham.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – One of Gianni Infantino’s staunchest allies in Africa has branded the latest allegations against the FIFA president as “hopelessly weak” and says his Continent still stands firmly behind Infantino who is running for re-election next year.
November 12 – In a landmark move viewed as a partial breakthrough in gender discrimination, hundreds of Iranian women were allowed to watch the weekend’s Asian Champions League final in Tehran between Persepolis and Japan’s Kashima Antlers.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 9 – Swiss prosecutors have launched an investigation into alleged suspicious links between Gianni Infantino and a senior judicial official who comes from the same area of the country as the FIFA president.
November 9 – France’s Human Rights League says it will file a legal complaint against Paris Saint Germain (PSG) following yet more exposure from Football Leaks into the club’s way of operating, this time over alleged racism within its scouting system.
November 9 – Just days before the start of the tournament, Kenya has condemned a Confederation of African Football (CAF) decision to reinstate Equatorial Guinea into the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and is going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
By Andrew Warshaw
November 7 – Eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday with two rounds to go and in trouble near the foot of the French league, Monaco have been rocked off the pitch with the news that their Russian billionaire owner has been taken into in custody.