Admin Lineker Posted March 31, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Amnesty report accuses Fifa and Qatari authorities of ongoing indifference to systemic abuse of workers on stadiums that will host the 2022 World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMarrio Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 I am shocked that there are human rights concerns about a country with a sketchy record when it comes to human rights. SHOCKED I SAY!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDK Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Draw Baldy has been dragged into the Panama Papers leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 He's slated to resign in 2028. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 FYI when I heard the news on the radio driving to work this morning I actually shouted 'Not Draw Baldy!'. I'm devastated. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted April 14, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Fifa will have to consider the future of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar if its record on the treatment of migrant workers does not improve within 12 months, according to the Harvard professor who has authored an independent report commissioned by world football’s governing body into its human rights responsibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted May 14, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Domenico Scala, Fifa's head of auditing and compliance, has resigned in protest at reforms at the governing body of world football. Scala is angry the new Fifa council will have the ability to appoint and sack those in charge of its committees, including auditing, ethics and finance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted May 23, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Fifa have sacked acting Secretary General Markus Kattner over alleged financial breaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalaCloudy Black Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 More specifically, Quote Sources close to the investigation said undeclared bonus payments running to millions of dollars had been paid between 2008 and 2014 under an arrangement known only to a small number of people. According to insiders, the former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Valcke were aware of the payments. Sources said the payments came to light at the end of last week during an internal probe by the US law firm Quinn Emmanuel as a result of an ongoing trawl of millions of documents. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/23/markus-kattner-fifa-deputy-secretary-general-fired-bonus-payments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 3, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Blatter, Valcke and Kattner awarded themselves £55m, say Fifa lawyers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalaCloudy Black Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 So apparently according to a German newspaper, Infantino may receive a 90 day suspension by the Audit Committee for trying to destroy records of of Council meetings held last month during the Mexico City Congress. A separate German newspaper reported last week that they saw documents that show Infantino trying to oust Domenico Scala from his position as the chairman of the Audit & Compliance Committee.The Screamer has more details on it. Scala resigned before the rule change that would have allowed Infantino to fire him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adam Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 I read this morning some statement from someone saying that the audio file he destroyed apparently was just put in the wrong storage place and wasn't the original, which still exists and is stored correctly. I'm hoping this thing today that's come out is the actual final nail, legally, in Blatter's coffin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 14, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Sepp Blatter, the disgraced former Fifa president, has claimed he witnessed the fixing of a draw for a European football competition. Blatter, in an interview with Argentinian newspaper La Nacion, did not elaborate on which competition he believed was rigged, but said he had seen a practice whereby the balls containing team names were cooled to make their identification possible when being picked out. Blatter said only one team had benefitted from such a practice and he distanced himself and Fifa from any involvement, instead suggesting that it had happened not on Fifa’s patch, but under European governing body Uefa’s jurisdiction. Asked specifically by La Nacion about the draw for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which was favourable for Argentina, Blatter said: “The draw was clean down to the last detail. I never touched the balls, something that others did. “Of course it’s possible that they can be signalled, by heating or cooling them. It doesn’t happen in Fifa, but I’ve witnessed draws at European level where it has happened, but never in Fifa. “Of course it can be done, but it never happened under my watch, never.” Blatter explained how a ‘blind’ draw could be fixed, saying, “Balls are put in the freezer before the draw, at the slightest touch you can tell if the balls are hot or cold. “By touching them you know exactly what you have.” The Swiss, who turned 80 in March this year, is currently serving a six-year ban from all football-related activity. He is appealing the sanctions through the court of arbitration for sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 I think he's gone crackers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 You would too if someone was put your balls in a fridge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 5, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Fifa's former secretary-general Jerome Valcke has had his ban from all football-related activity cut from 12 to 10 years on appeal. The appeals panel ruled that "mitigating factors had not been fully assessed" by the original hearing in regard to the sale of Caribbean TV rights to Fifa events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 14, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Fifa president Gianni Infantino is to be interviewed by ethics investigators following allegations he breached the governing body's code of ethics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDK Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 At this rate they might as well just arrest anybody that is elected to FIFA. It'll be quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I'd put my hand up to run FIFA but I'm not keen on an investigation by any ethics committee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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