A decade after a police raid at a Swiss hotel plunged FIFA into crisis, a joint statement signed by academics, campaigners and fans groups has accused football’s global governing body of being “more ...
The “war room” inside the FBI field office at 26 Federal Plaza in New York filled on the evening of May 26, 2015, with nervous excitement. Attorneys and investigators waded through security, then up ...
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2015 FIFA scandal

For decades, allegations of corruption trailed FIFA with little consequence. Concerns about bribery, vote trading, and opaque financial practices surfaced repeatedly but rarely led to decisive action.
FIFA has endured decades of scandals from kickbacks to sprawling criminal conspiracy. Trump red card call added fuel to the ...
Former UEFA president Michel Platini has launched civil and criminal legal proceedings in France against world soccer’s governing body FIFA and its current ​president Gianni Infantino over corruption ...
The ongoing FIFA World Cup (WC), jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, is a prime example of it. All that ...