SINGAPORE - Just three months after two Malaysian Super League (MSL) matches involving the LionsXII were reportedly red-flagged by world football governing body FIFA for suspected match fixing, yet another fixture involving the Singapore side has come under the microscope.

Sources revealed that four men - two Malaysians, a Singaporean, and MSL referee Shukri Nor - have been taken into custody by the Corrupt Practices Investigations Bureau (CPIB) here and could be charged as early as today, for attempting to fix Tuesday's MSL encounter at the Jalan Besar Stadium between the LionsXII and Sarawak, which the Singapore side won 3-0.

Football Federation Australia is "ramping up" preparations for the AFC Asian Cup 2015 with the appointment of new members of the Local Organising Committee (LOC). The tournament is the pinnacle event of the 46 nation Asian Football Confederation, the largest affiliated continental constituent of the world football body, FIFA.

Tuesday's dueling news conferences offered viewers a microcosm of the twisting tale that is Indonesian football.
Amid the hubbub over the sensational arrival of former national team coach Alfred Riedl, the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) suddenly shifted course and said it would once again allow players from the breakaway Indonesian Super League to turn out for the Merah Putih.

A week after deadly clashes at the end of an Egyptian league match between Ahl-Masry and Al-Ahli turned tragic when Al-Ahli fans were attacked and killed by Masry supporters, football's world governing body FIFA has responded by donating over $250,000 to families of those affected by the violence.

Beer must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, football's world governing body, Fifa, has insisted.

Swiss side FC Sion have been docked 36 points by their national federation, the Schweizer Fussball Verband. The deduction came into force with the club losing three points for every game which featured any of six ineligible players – namely Stefan Glarner, Pascal Feindouno, José Julio Gomes Gonçalves, Billy Ketkeophomphone, Mario Mutsch und Gabriel Garcia de la Tore in the country's Axpo Super League.

The news from a few days ago that FIFA have torn up the World Cup TV contract with the Caribbean Football Union is the clearest indication that former CONCACAF president Jack Warner has run out of friends at the world governing body. FIFA's explanation for the decision was that they were made aware that the rights deal was sublicensed by one of Warner's companies, JD International, and therefore posed a conflict of interest.

The world football body, FIFA, has acknowledged the elections of a new Executive Committee of the Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) on 9 July 2011 and the election of Djohar Arifin Husin as the new PSSI president. According to a statement published on the FIFA website, the "elective congress, observed by FIFA, AFC and AFF, was conducted in accordance with the PSSI statutes and the FIFA

The world football body, FIFA, reports that its 2010 World Cup in South Africa was broadcast in every single country and territory on Earth, "including Antarctica and the Arctic Circle", generating record-breaking viewing figures in many TV markets around the world. "The in-home television coverage of the competition reached over 3.

Solo. Indonesian football received some much-needed closure on Saturday as career football figure Djohar Arifin Husin was elected as the new chairman of the game's governing body.
With the threat of being banished from international competition looming over the proceedings, Djohar handily won the election to take the top job at the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI).

The wold football body, FIFA, has announced that its Ethics Committee Panel will meet on 22 and 23 July to examine the cases of Mohamed bin Hammam, a FIFA Exco member and President of the Asian Football Confederation, and two Caribbean Football Union officials, Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester.

Altidore out: U.S. striker Jozy Altidore, as expected, is out of the Gold Cup after being stretchered off with a hamstring injury last weekend against Jamaica (AP Photo).

*Jozy Altidore's international career was rapidly moving toward irrelevancy until his two goals in the Gold Cup hinted yet again at his still as yet unfulfilled promise.

The Japan Football Association has confirmed that the world football body, FIFA, will donate about $6 million in aid to J-League clubs affected by the disastrous 11 March earthquake and tsunami. Several clubs, whose stadiums were damaged by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami, will receive $4.

The Nigeria Football Federation has dispatched to world football-governing body Fifa, a list of 30 players as Nigeria's provisional list for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup taking place in Colombia from 29th July - 20th August, 2011.

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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dispatched to world football-governing body FIFA, a list of 30 players as Nigeria's provisional list for the FIFA U-20 World Cup taking place in Colombia from July 29th -August 20th, 2011.

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The Nigeria Football Association has dispatched to world football-governing body FIFA, a list of 30 players as Nigeria's provisional list for the FIFA U-20 World Cup taking place in Colombia from 29th July - 20th August, 2011.

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Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dispatched to world football-governing body, FIFA, a list of 30 players as Nigeria's provisional list for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, taking place in Colombia from 29th July – 20th August, 2011. The list includes ...

Football has been suffering from an image problem of late. The ongoing row about corruption within the higher ranks of world football's governing body FIFA has been the main focus of drama in recent weeks. Sadly events on the pitch have started bringing the game under question after a number of incidents where allegations of match-fixing have come to light.

The acting president of the Asian Football Confederation, Mr Zhang Jilong of China, has said his first priority is to stabilise his organisation. Mr Zhang was appointed temporary chief of the AFC after president Mohamed bin Hammam was suspended by the world football body, FIFA, over bribery allegations.

Mohamed Bin Hammam has withdrawn his candidacy for the FIFA presidency

The ongoing story regarding allegations of corruption at the very heart of world football's governing body FIFA seems to have taken the game to an all-time low. Surely the only way for these allegations to be addressed is for an independent body to look at the crux of the matter and investigate every figure who is alleged to have been involved.

The world football body, FIFA, will be offering a live streaming of the post-Ethics Committee meeting press conference on its website, www.fifa.com, at 6.00pm CET (time subject to change) on Sunday 29 May in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA vice-president Jack A. Warner, FIFA Executive Committee member Mohamed bin Hammam, as well as Caribbean Football Union officials Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester

An election for Football Association of Thailand president will be held on June 17, incumbent president Worawi Makudi said yesterday.

Speaking at a press conference, Worawi said he had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn a Fifa ruling which booted out Thailand from the current Olympic qualifying.

The presidency of football's governing body FIFA is set to contested on June 1st, with current supremo Sepp Blatter being challenged by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) chief Mohammed Bin Hammam. With controversies, accusations and scandal in the world game over the last year, who is the right man to bring dignity back into the sport and lead the the organisational committee forward?

Despite many problems in world football at the moment, the sport's governing body FIFA has decided to consider banning football players wearing snoods during matches at the International FA Board meeting in March.

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Continued gnashing of teeth over England's lost bid for the 2018 World Cup. It appears that the English bid wasn't beyond the odd bit of deal making though. Including on the issue of free-to-air sport on TV:
The BBC and ITV were set to join forces to battle a secret government decision that could have handed Sky the chance to air the 2018 World Cup.

Imagine the scene. It's June 2018 and the World Cup finals are getting under way. England, the hosts, have played their opening match an unconvincing 1-1 draw with Norway which has led the press to question the tactics of their manager, Lord Beckham of Leytonstone but optimism is still high. The nation settles down for the second game, being played between the two other teams in England's group.

Finally the big days arrives. Tomorrow sees the breakaway Liga Priner Indonesia kick off with Ksatria Solo playing Persema at the Manahan Stadium in Solo.
What should we expect? Persema will be fielding the team that served them in the official Indonesia Super League till they withdrew while Ksatria Solo will be made up of various folk nobody has heard of along with an Aussie keeper.