FIFA

More arrests this morning. It's no longer safe for FIFA executives to travel to their own headquarters in Switzerland.

In the midst of the new arrests and indictments FIFA are discussing the expansion of the World Cup to 40 teams.

Michel Platini is attending a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing today to appeal against his 90 day suspension, as he seeks to get back into the election for a new FIFA leader on 26 Feb. CAS has promised a decision on his appeal by Friday "at the latest."

FA vice president Juan Angel Napout from Paraguay has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face charges in the soccer bribery case.

The president of South American confederation is said to have received bribes worth millions of dollars from Copa America broadcasting rights

(08-12-2015 13:10 )cosmonaut Wrote:  Michel Platini is attending a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing today

Platini has failed in his bid to have his provisional ban from football lifted. CAS said the FIFA Ethics Committee's verdict is expected on 21 December anyway, which is only 10 days away, so they saw nothing unfair in Platini being banned until then.

Both have been banned from all aspects of the game for 8 Years

(21-12-2015 08:51 )HannahsPet Wrote:  Both have been banned from all aspects of the game for 8 Years

Platini and Blatter bqnned?

Blatter has said he will appeal against his ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Platini is expected to follow suit.

Blatter's speech is hilarious...!! Does he really think that it's okay to have been taking bungs for all these years; and only cry about having been caught due to a couple of greedier peeps he took into his confidence; ie Jack Warner, who was rather less subtle about hiding his own bungs, leading the trail back to Blatter.

I cannot go that far back with the politics of football for obvious reasons, but I've always known that Blatter was both anti-England, and a crook....? Does anyone want to fill in more of the background for me..??

(21-12-2015 11:44 )kelly1066 Wrote:  Does he really think that it's okay to have been taking bungs for all these years

Baltter hasn't been found guilty of taking bungs. He's been found guilty of making an improper payment.