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Global efforts to prevent corruption in football reached a milestone with the announcement that world football’s governing body FIFA, are to work and donate a substantial amount of money to international police agency INTERPOL. The grant from FIFA is the largest donation INTERPOL have ever received from a private institution to create an unprecedented ten-year…
DILI (7 May 2011) – Football’s ruling body FIFA are investigating claims that over 300 matches on three continents were influenced by match-fixers, according to The Daily Telegraph. FIFA suspect match officials were paid as little as USD10,000 to help engineer specific results in international friendly matches and European club games, netting fixers hundreds of…
There is no doubt that football is in a constant state of evolution. Though the basic rules have changed little since the sport was first played, advances in physical fitness, training methods and a greater knowledge of the human body have all combined to change the pace of the beautiful game. As such, it would…
DILI (29 April 2011) – FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Hammam denied this week trying to buy votes with financial aid in his campaign to unseat world football supremo Sepp Blatter. Hammam, in London to meet with senior members of the English FA ahead of the 1 June 2011 election, has vowed to double the current…
DILI (22 April 2011) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for ‘stability, continuity and reliability’ in his manifesto as he seek re-election to world football top post. In a letter sent to all 208 FIFA member nations, Blatter also promised to provide more than USD1 billion in development projects over the next four years.…
DILI (4 April 2011) – Standard Chartered, the bank that sponsor Liverpool FC in the English Premier League want the club to bring in high-profile Asian players to capitalize on their marketability in the Asian region. Standard Chartered executive Gavin Laws outlined his hopes for Liverpool this week, saying that the bank saw great potential…