A week after 74 people were killed and hundreds more injured when Al-Masry fans attacked Al-Ahly supporters in Port Said, Egypt, FIFA has decided to do something. The nonprofit governing body which turned a $631 million profit between 2007 and 2010, announced it will donate $250,000 to the families of the victims.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter got into the groove at the Ballon d'Or awards on Monday by performing a funky hip dance with 'Hips Don't Lie' pop sensation Shakira. Emerging from the back to present an award, Blatter instantly became the envy of the room when he rather salaciously performed a hip dance alongside Shakira.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

FIFA has been ordered to release documents pertaining to its involvement with former marketing partner ISL by the Swiss supreme court.

The documents contain information about several FIFA members who took millions of dollars in kickbacks from ISL during the negotiation of television broadcast deals for the World Cup, with former FIFA president Joao Havelange and 2014 World Cup organizer Ricardo Teixeira at the forefront of the scandal.

Luis Suárez racism ban: PFA head Gordon Taylor supports FA's decision

• Taylor backs 'very strong message' over racist abuse • Lord Herman Ouseley urges consistent tough stance Luis Suárez's eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra has been supported by the head of the Professional Footballers' Association as "a very strong message to the rest of the world".

Suarez...

Liverpool striker and Uruguayan national Luis Suarez was banned 8 games today by England's Football Association for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra, by calling him a "Negro" on multiple occasions in a game in October. Suarez will also be fined £40,000.

Suárez was found guilty Tuesday evening; he has 14 days to appeal the ruling and sentence.

Suarez...

Liverpool striker and Uruguayan national Luis Suarez was banned 8 games today by England's Football Association for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra, cited for calling him a "Negro" on multiple occasions in a game in October. Suarez will also be fined £40,000.

Suárez has 14 days to appeal the ruling and sentence.

Goal-line technology will be ready for 2014 World Cup Sepp Blatter

Goal-line technology is one step closer to finally be given the green light as FIFA president Sepp Blatter revealed it could be implemented for next season. Blatter was opposed to the new technology.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter is facing what could be the toughest phase of his career as football head in the more than 10 years since he took over from Joao Havelange.

The president recently came out to say that England are still bitter at him for their failed attempt to land the hosting rights to the 2018 tournament.

Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. | Subscribe: Main Listening Report | Complete List Here

In a week when FIFA president Sepp Blatter was embroiled in yet another scandal: this time about race, we report on four of the many controversies that FIFA's leader has been involved in.

Photo by David Bernal/ISIphotos.com

By AVI CREDITOR

LOS ANGELES -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter sent shockwaves through the soccer world with his comments about the lack of racism as a whole in soccer and to deal with on-field incidents with a mere handshake, and Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham didn't hold back when given the chance to address Blatter's remarks to assembled media on Thursday.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has made another brilliant comment, this time about the scourge of racism in football, saying that on-the-pitch racism is inexistant.Already Mr. Blatter has been harshly criticised, but I would like to give my support to the FIFA President by reminding him of other things that do not exist in football: HomophobiaMatch fixingDopingSexismCorruptionBad language and

Deep thoughts: FIFA President Sepp Blatter appears to be pondering about which group he can offend next while attending a recent Euro 2012 qualifier (AP Photo).

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has added offensive comments about racism to a questionable repertoire that included previous missteps involving sexism and bigotry toward gays.

Kenny Dalglish refuses to be drawn into Sepp Blatter row

• Liverpool issue statement supporting Luis Suárez • Club say striker is anxious to clear his name Liverpool's manager Kenny Dalglish refused to enter into the debate on racism in football in the wake of the Fifa president Sepp Blatter's comments despite the striker Luis Suárez being charged with such an offence by the Football Association.

Blatter happy to re-open ISL court dossier

FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced an independent investigation into the controversial case

View the full story here: The Mirror

A news article on 2011-10-21 14:09:37 from: The Mirror

This news item has been reproduced from today's media.

The UEFA Champions League group stage kicked off yesterday, but FIFA president Sepp Blatter stole the headlines. Today's "Daily Ticker" will look back at Arsenal and Chelsea's matches, look ahead to the games the Manchester clubs play today, and see...
This is a content summary. Visit http://www.

photo by Michael Janosz/ISIphotos.com

By FRANCO PANIZO

If David Beckham makes a return to the Premiership after the MLS season, it appears it won't be with Queens Park Rangers.

The club's manager, Neil Warnock, played down rumors linking QPR with the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder on Thursday.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he does not have any intention of taking the 2022 World Cup away from Qatar but could reconsider if new evidence comes to light.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has been defiant towards introducing goal-line technology but has softened up on the issue since FIFA's embarrassment in last summer's World Cup. The need for goal-line technology was made evident to millions when Frank...
This is a content summary. Visit http://www.

Their Words As far as the stadiums and transport links are concerned, there is still some work to be done, but the Ministry of Sport as well as the President are confident everything will be ready. FIFA president Sepp Blatter on preparations for the 2014 World Cup. Other Sources Sepp Blatter insists reforming Fifa will take nine months - from The Telegraph's Paul Kelso: He also indicated that goal-line technology could be introduced in time.

FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner, whom allegations of corruption were made, has resigned from his post at football's world governing body. Any chance that this move could be seen as a positive development within the upper echelons of the game have been completely overridden by the words expressed by FIFA itself in the aftermath of his resignation.

During remarks at the FIFA Congress, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that moving forward the entire 208-member Congress will vote on who hosts the World Cup.

"I want to give more power to the national associations. In the future, the World Cup will be decided by the Fifa congress.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter was re-elected on Wednesday as the only candidate standing for the FIFA presidency. "I thank you for your trust and confidence from the bottom of my heart," Blatter said. "Our pyramid is intact, the base, the foundation is strong and together we have four years to continue on our path and do our job.

During remarks at the FIFA Congress, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that moving forward the entire 208-member Congress will vote on who hosts the World Cup. "I want to give more power to the national associations. In the future, the World Cup will be decided by the Fifa congress. The executive committee will create a shortlist but will make no recommendations, only a list.

After the last couple of days everything that happened within this FIFA-CONCACAF bribery scandal felt like either a Three Stooges routine or a bad version of a Mel Brooks movie (I'm thinking Blazing Saddles). Was there a scandal or was there a comedy of errors that were being saved by Sepp Blatter and him proving to the rest of the executive committee and FIFA that he should be President for life?

Yeah, right FIFA President Sepp Blatter has bowed to pressure and announced a range of sweeping reforms he is confident will placate the beautiful game's stakeholders around the world. "For the first time we will introduce goal mouth technology," he stated. "Special cameras will be positioned to determine whether cocktail olives in fact enter the [.

In a press conference on Monday, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that FIFA's Executive Committee saw no evidence necessitating a reason to act in regard to allegations surrounding the 2022 World Cup hosting vote. Blatter went onto explain that the money he gave to fund Goal projects in CONCACAF was in honor of the Confederation's 50th anniversary and not out of the ordinary.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) chief Mohamed Bin Hammam has withdrawn his candidacy from the upcoming FIFA presidential elections.

The elections were due to be held on Wednesday June 1 and Bin Hammam was the prime challenger to current FIFA President Sepp Blatter, but in the wake of the corruption scandal, the AFC supremo has dramatically pulled out of the race to succeed Blatter.

PRAKASH TIMILSINA

SOURCE: REPUBLICA

KATHMANDU, May 29: Nepal will vote in favor of Mohamed Bin Hammam for the position of FIFA president in the election of the governing body of the world football to be held in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday.

SOURCE: PRAKASH TIMALSINA

KATHMANDU, May 29: Nepal will vote in favor of Mohamed Bin Hammam for the position of FIFA president in the election of the governing body of the world football to be held in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday.
Talking with the Republica ahead of his departure to participate in the 61st FIFA Congress, All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) President Ganesh Thapa on Saturday revealed that Nepal was in favor of the 62 year old Qatari.

There is a shitstorm surrounding FIFA as if there ever isn't on the verge of their symbolic election process which shall decide by how many votes Sepp remains president who runs the sport's governing body.

Has anyone been really paying attention? Should anyone be paying attention? The whole thing seems overly political in a system which is uber-political to begin with.

LONDON/ZURICH Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president who is standing for re-election admits there is a ground swell of popular support to rehold the 2022 vote won by Qatar The Fifa president Sepp Blatter made the startling disclosure yesterday that he could not rule out a rerun of the voting for the right to host [.

London, May 20 (ANI): FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who is standing for re-election for a fourth term, has admitted that there is a ground swell of popular support to re-hold the 2022 vote won by Qatar. Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup finals ...

Grant Wahl is the best-selling author of "The Beckham Experiment" and the head soccer writer for Sport Illustrated. Earlier this year he unsuccessfully ran to be nominated for the FIFA Presidency.
In part two of our conversation with Wahl he talks about that run for FIFA's top job, Sport Illustrated's growing soccer coverage in print and online, beer in Qatar, this summer's Gold Cup, early impact players for Brazil 2014, and the soccer's growth in the United States.

NEW YORK, NY In an article on Sports Illustrated titled "It's time for someone to depose Sepp Blatter as FIFA's leader" journalist Grant Wahl has announced his intentions to run for FIFA's presidency. Current FIFA president Sepp Blatter is running for his fourth term, with elections falling on June 1.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was named the Czech Republic's Footballer of the Year 2010 at a ceremony in Prague on Monday. It has been the third straight time for Cech to win the trophy and the fourth time overall. "I'll never grow tired of this, it's a great honor," said the [.

*** Hundreds of ticket holders were locked out of Qatar's Khalifa Stadium for the AFC Asian Cup final between Japan and Australia on Saturday. The Qatari organizers acknowledged that the gates to the stadium had been shut well in advance of kick-off, causing many fans to be denied entry and miss the entire match.

By Chris Wright

"Aw, c'mon. Don't be a total ballbag Michel!"

After months nay, years of growing clamour, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has finally seen the light and backed calls for goal-line technology to be introduced.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has given strong backing to goal-line technology saying: "If it works we will do it."

FIFA President Sepp Blatter apologized to IOC President Jacques Rogge on Wednesday for criticizing the Olympic body and saying it handled its finances "like a housewife," officials familiar with the situation said.