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STARTERS$24K in 5 Days still needed for Rise & Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story.
STORY OF THE DAYHurriyet in Turkey reports that another team has come in to the wide spread match fixing
allegations - the head coach of Besiktas Tayfur Havutcu and others in the club were arrested today.
DOHA, Qatar Qatar has welcomed an investigation into alleged corruption in its victorious 2022
World Cup bid. The 2022 host nation said the evidence put forward so far was false, unsubstantiated
and coming from a whisteblower who is probably a former employee "with a significant axe to grind."
Qatar has been on the defensive [.
The following statement was issued on behalf of the Qatar 2022 Bid Committee for the FIFA World Cup
in response to the allegations published in a memorandum provided to the Culture, Media and Sport
Select Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom: Further to the publication by the
Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee ("the CMS Select Committee") of the House of Commons of a
STARTERSHuzzah! Cudos! Hip Hip Hooray! (I am being forced to write this!) (Just kidding.) Brighton & Hove
Albion won promotion today from League One in England to the Championship Division for next season.
Huge congrats to them, and their great fans! Hooray Seagulls! Hooray beer!
The Strikers continue to make noise. This weekend they released their new logo. Miami Ultras
President Pieter Brown made some great observations on the design. Read about it HERE.
Following the logo, yesterday the Strikers announced the signing of experienced midfielder Eduardo
"Chacho" Coudet.
"Players like Coudet are very hard to find, his professional
experience will be a great addition to our team.
Qatar's winning bid to hold the 2022 World Cup was marked by a spending spree that included
investments in the home countries of several executives who were responsible for choosing the host
nation, according to internal documents from the emirate's bidding committee.
The spending sheds light on how FIFA regulations—outlined in the two-page rules of conduct for
World Cup host-nation bidding—left the door open for hopefuls to open wallets to exert indirect
influence on international soccer's small circle of decision-makers.
Just how damaging will it ultimately be for the game of soccer in the United States that we
won't get a front row seat to the corruption circus of FIFA almost 12 years from now? Not all that
much. I know that MLS and the USSF were looking forward to pounding the mainstream with the World
Cup promotional bludgeon for the next twelve years, but I'm glad they won't get to do that for a
couple of reasons.
