Michel Platini won’t run against Sepp Blatter in Fifa presidency election August 28, 2014 Michel Platini will not run against Sepp Blatter for the presidency of Fifa, it has emerged today. The current Uefa president and former France footballer had been considering a bid for the leadership of football's governing body, which he described in June as being in need of a "new breath of fresh air". [...]
Barcelona to appeal Fifa transfer ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport August 20, 2014 Barcelona will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a bid to a fight a Fifa ban on all transfer activity until January 2016. Fifa imposed the ban spanning two transfer windows in April this year, after discovering that the Catalan club had breached regulation regarding the signing of players under the age [...]
Russian Football Union risks Fifa sanctions for accepting Crimean teams into league August 13, 2014 Russia has risked incurring the wrath of Fifa after its football union voted to incorporate three clubs from the annexed Crimea region into their third division, a decision apparently motivated by fear of upsetting president Vladimir Putin. The Russian Football Union, host federation of the 2018 World Cup, has breached Fifa statutes which state [...]
Fifa’s sponsors turn up heat on governing body June 9, 2014 FOOTBALL’S world governing body Fifa has come under further pressure on the eve of the World Cup after three of its main sponsors expressed concern at allegations of corruption. Sportswear giant Adidas said the “negative tenor of the public debate around Fifa”, following claims that the success of Qatar’s bid to stage the 2022 World [...]