Brazilian authorities on Thursday launched their own probe into football corruption following the arrest of leading officials from the sport's world governing body FIFA.
Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday slammed the United States for trying to exercise law beyond its own borders in response to the arrests of seven high- ranking officials of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in Switzerland at the request of the U.S. authorities.
China could hold a top position in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after they gave up the effort to have a say in football's world governing body FIFA last year, a report said.
A 100 million U.S. dollars World Cup Legacy Fund will help 2014 hosts Brazil better develop soccer as the sport's world governing body FIFA announced its plan on Tuesday.
FIFA hold the 2014 annual ceremony here on Monday. Following are the lists of all the award winners in the ceremony:
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