After the volleyball governing body FIVB president Dr. Ary S. Graca was investigated by Brazil's anti-corruption agency at the end of last year, the world sports were put into shadow and remained in the "dark page" in the year of 2015.
Former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo was held in jail pending trial in his native country Uruguay Thursday after being extradited from Switzerland.
The world soccer governing body FIFA has prepared a reform package for the special congress slated for February in a bid to restore its reputation hit by corruption scandals.
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been banned by the FIFA ethics committee for eight years each on Monday.
The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Thursday night said that FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke has been put on leave and released from his duties effective immediately until further notice.
An Argentinian father and son accused of bribing officials of world soccer body FIFA declined an extradition request from the United States on Wednesday.
Jeffrey Webb, former vice president of FIFA, Saturday has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and bribery charges in a federal court hearing in Brooklyn, New York, local media reported.
ZURICH, July 19 (Xinhua) -- FIFA's executive committee is to meet at the soccer world governing body's headquarters on Monday to set the president election date.
FIFA has handed a seven-year ban to its former head of their bid evaluation committee for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups for "confidentiality" breaches.
KAMPALA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) has blocked an international friendly between Uganda and Kazakhstan.
While dual Swiss and U.S. investigations targeting FIFA continue to shake the world of football, the European Parliament on Thursday expressed zero tolerance against corruption.
President Thomas Bach said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is not in the position to give advice to FIFA here on Monday but encouraged the soccer's world governing body to continue with its reforms amid crisis though the progress could be painful.
The recent arrest of top managers of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) at U.S. request has not only exposed Uncle Sam's arrogance as "world police," but also set a bad precedent for international relations.
Sepp Blatter's decision to stand down from FIFA presidency kicked off a race to take him over as head of the world's richest and most powerful sporting federation, with the vote not expected till at least December.
Six FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday and detained pending extradition as the United States authorities suspect them of having received bribes totaling in the millions U.S. dollars, the Federal Office of Justice of Switzerland (FOJ) said.
FIFA official were arrested for alleged corruption in the recent turmoil rocking the soccer world. Could this be a lesson for China to learn during its soccer reform?
Recent arrest of top managers of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on the corruption charges are the manifestation of the U.S. attempts to extend its jurisdiction to foreign countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
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