Big news, a new contender to run fifa has put himself forward, and I hope he wins. I dint care what he does, or even how dodgy he us. But our new fifa president just has to be "Tokyo Sexwale"....

Big news, a new contender to run fifa has put himself forward, and I hope he wins. I dint care what he does, or even how dodgy he us. But our new fifa president just has to be "Tokyo Sexwale"....

 

sounds...fishy..

Now that pain in the arse that drags the UCL draws on and on has joined the race: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34635440

 

The Sex Whale (as I'm sure he calls himself) has my support.

Franz Beckenbauer admits 'mistake' in 2006 World Cup bid

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34643458

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34657900

Sepp Blatter has basically admitted that an agreement was in place for Russia to host the 2018 World Cup before the votes had taken place.

Edited October 28, 201510 yr by Huttsey

That's not really news though is it. 

 

Both Blatter and FIFA have wanted an Eastern European country to host the world cup, it's not a secret and they have said it in public too. Russia was the only realistic country that could actually host it and they were the only ones who actually put in a bid.

Platini thinks he is the best man to run FIFA.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/fifa/11961870/Michel-Platini-I-am-still-the-best-man-to-run-Fifa.html

Sepp Blatter recovering after 'stress-related checks'

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34751968

 

 

 

From the Billions of football fans world wide, I would just like to say, hurry up and f**king die you egotistical, disillusional, racist, feminist, homophobic c**t !!!

I'm probably the only one here who doesn't have a problem with Russia hosting a World Cup. And I'm a Finn...

 

At least Russia has been a major force in world football. Unlike Qatar.

I'm probably the only one here who doesn't have a problem with Russia hosting a World Cup. And I'm a Finn...

 

At least Russia has been a major force in world football. Unlike Qatar.

 

Fair enough, but the main issue here is more how Russia ended up hosting the World Cup.

I'm probably the only one here who doesn't have a problem with Russia hosting a World Cup. And I'm a Finn...

 

At least Russia has been a major force in world football. Unlike Qatar.

 

You're not. I don't mind Russia hosting a WC. It could be a bit awkward though if the Ukraine situation is not resolved until then.

 

Qatar is a bad joke. A very bad joke.

 

Fair enough, but the main issue here is more how Russia ended up hosting the World Cup.

 

It could turn out that not so differently than Germany did...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35144652

 

Fifa: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini get lengthy bans

Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation.

The bans come into force immediately.

Fifa boss since 1998, Blatter, 79, had already announced he was stepping down ahead of February's presidential election.

Platini, 60, was tipped as a future leader of football's world governing body and had hoped to succeed Blatter.

A three-time European Footballer of the Year and former captain of France, he had been in charge of Uefa - European football's governing body - since 2007.

The pair, who have also been fined, had been suspended for 90 days in October while an investigation was carried out into a £1.3m ($2m) payment by Fifa to Platini in 2011.

Both men have denied any wrongdoing.

Why are they banned?

Blatter and Platini were found guilty of ethics code breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" made to the Frenchman in 2011.

Both claimed the payment was honouring an agreement made in 1998 for work carried out between 1998 and 2002 when Platini worked as a technical adviser for Blatter.

The payment was not part of Platini's written contract but the pair insisted it was a verbal agreement, which is legal under Swiss law.

German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, the chairman of Fifa's adjudicatory chamber, held disciplinary hearings for the pair last week.

Charges included conflict of interest, false accounting and non co-operation, with investigators submitting a file of more than 50 pages.

More to follow.

Don't want to really dwell on the past but the more that comes out about platini the more I believe he done us against barca. He didn't like the power the premier league was getting in Europe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35821246

 

Fifa wants to reclaim "tens of millions of dollars" taken illegally by its members and other organisations.

It also says corrupt officials who served on its former executive committee were guilty of selling their votes in World Cup bidding contests.

Former officials Chuck Blazer, Jack Warner and Jeffrey Webb are among those being sued by Fifa, which has submitted documents to US authorities.

In total, 41 individuals and entities have been charged in the States.

Fifa estimates millions of dollars were diverted from the sport illegally through bribery, kickbacks and corrupt schemes carried out by the defendants.

World football's governing body has been in turmoil since May 2015, when a US investigation exposed widespread corruption at the top of the organisation.

Read: Who are the indicted Fifa officials?

Now it is attempting to fight back, describing itself as a "victimised institution".

New Fifa president Gianni Infantino, elected in February, also claimed corrupt officials had "abused positions of trust".

He added: "They caused serious and lasting damage to Fifa, its member associations and the football community.

"The monies they pocketed belonged to global football and were meant for the development and promotion of the game.

"Fifa as the world governing body of football wants that money back and we are determined to get it no matter how long it takes."

Once the money had been recovered, Infantino said it would be directed back to its original purpose of benefitting and developing international football.

He added: "These dollars were meant to build football fields, not mansions and pools; to buy football kits, not jewellery and cars; and to fund youth player and coach development, not to underwrite lavish lifestyles for football and sports marketing executives."

Infantino, 45, was elected as Fifa chief last month, replacing Sepp Blatter, who had been in charge of the governing body since 1998.

Analysis

BBC Sports editor Dan Roan:

Many critics will see this as Fifa effectively suing itself - a convenient and cynical act of hypocrisy, given the organisation's close historical links with the defendants it is now taking action against.

But it should come as no surprise.

Fifa's survival depends on it retaining the victim status afforded it by the US Department of Justice and this helps reinforce the narrative that it was the injured party in football's corruption scandal, rather than the perpetrator.

With millions of dollars being spent each month on lawyers to clean up the scandal, as well as the loss of key sponsors, Fifa could do with the money.

Significantly, it publicly accepts for the first time that some members of its executive committee regularly sold their votes and that South Africa's $10m payment to Warner and Blazer was indeed a bribe for the 2010 World Cup.

It is hard to imagine such an admission while Blatter was still in charge of Fifa, but Infantino will hope it helps him demonstrate that football's governing body has turned a corner.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35873480

 

World Cup-winning captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer is one of six men being investigated for their part in Germany's 2006 World Cup bid.

The ethics committee of world governing body Fifa has opened proceedings after examining a report commissioned by the German Football Association (DFB).

In October, Beckenbauer, 70, said he made a "mistake" in the bidding process for which he took "responsibility".

Germany beat South Africa 12-11 in the vote, which took place in July 2000.

Who are the six being investigated?

• Franz Beckenbauer: Former vice-president of the DFB, president of the 2006 World Cup local organising committee (LOC) and former member of the Fifa executive committee
• Wolfgang Niersbach: Former president of the DFB, vice-president of the LOC and current member of the Fifa and Uefa executive committees
• Helmut Sandrock: Former secretary general of the DFB and tournament director of the LOC
• Theo Zwanziger: Former president of the DFB, vice-president of the LOC and former member of the Fifa and Uefa executive committees
• Horst Schmidt: Former secretary general of the DFB and vice-president of the LOC
• Stefan Hans: Former chief financial officer of the DFB and chief financial officer of the LOC

German news weekly Der Spiegel reported last year that an alleged slush fund of 6.7 million euros (£4.8m) was used to buy votes for Germany - an allegation denied by the DFB.

Beckenbauer, Zwanziger, Schmidt and Hans are to be investigated for "possible undue payments and contracts to gain an advantage in the 2006 World Cup host selection", while Niersbach and Sandrock will be investigated for a "possible failure to report a breach of the Fifa Code of Ethics".

Beckenbauer was the head of the World Cup organising committee, which reports allege made a payment to Fifa in return for a financial grant.

He captained West Germany to victory as hosts at the 1974 World Cup, and was coach when they next lifted the trophy, in Italy 16 years later.

He then managed Marseille and Bayern Munich, where he is now honorary president.

Rotten to the core.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36445879

Rotten to the core.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36445879

Who knew?