
On the day after the organization that he has led for all of the 21st century banned him for eight years, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, 79, made the ban academic, announcing his retirement from soccer. He declared, “I’ve finished my work in football.”
by William Bigelow23 Dec 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA’s ethics committee banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years from all soccer-related activities in verdicts announced Monday. Platini’s bid to succeed Blatter as FIFA president in a Feb. 26 election is now likely ended.
by AP21 Dec 2015, 1:20 AM PST0

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the disgraced and alleged corrupt FIFA President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
by Mary Chastain17 Dec 2015, 8:47 AM PST0

US authorities are investigating evidence indicating FIFA’s suspended president Sepp Blatter knew about $100 million (92 million euros) in bribes paid to former members of the football body, a BBC report said Sunday. The BBC investigation alleges that sports marketing
by AFP7 Dec 2015, 1:41 AM PST0

Revellers burned effigies of Prime Minister David Cameron, FIFA President Sepp Blatter and Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson at the self-described “bonfire capital of the world” last night. Held every 5 November, the celebrations commemorate the failure of a plot
by Nick Hallett6 Nov 2015, 3:00 AM PST0

FIFA suspended President Sepp Blatter for 90 days following an ethics investigation.
by Breitbart News8 Oct 2015, 6:14 AM PST0

ZURICH, Oct 8 (Reuters) – FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his possible successor, UEFA chief Michel Platini, have been provisionally suspended for 90 days by the global soccer body’s ethics committee. The committee also handed out a 90-day suspension to
by Reuters8 Oct 2015, 3:57 AM PST0

FIFA announced on Tuesday a lifetime ban of its disgraced former vice president Jack Warner from football-related activities.
by Breitbart News29 Sep 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

Sepp Blatter says he intends to remain as FIFA’s president until next year’s special election despite Switzerland’s attorney general opening criminal proceedings against him on Friday.
by Breitbart News28 Sep 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

Switzerland’s attorney general’s office launched criminal proceedings against FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Friday.
by Breitbart News25 Sep 2015, 8:44 AM PST0

Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Joseph Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation, the Swiss attorney general’s office (OAG) said on Friday. As the corruption probe at FIFA widened,
by Reuters25 Sep 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told assembled media in Zurich that she foresees more arrests in the FIFA corruption probe.
by Breitbart News15 Sep 2015, 8:34 AM PST0

Representatives from five major World Cup sponsors put the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on notice that they expect widespread reform and transparency after a bribery scandal unearthed earlier this year rocked the organization.
by Robert Wilde21 Aug 2015, 2:28 PM PST0

Russian President Vladimir Putin casually offered disgraced FIFA President Sepp Blatter as a candidate for the Nobel Prize, in public talks, saying that “if there is anyone who deserves” the honor, Blatter and sports officials like him do.
by Mary Chastain29 Jul 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

John Oliver hammered FIFA for its corruption on his Sunday HBO show “Last Week Tonight,” calling FIFA President Sepp Blatter meeting Russia President Vladimir Putin a “vortex of concentrated evil.” Oliver also used former FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb as
by Trent Baker27 Jul 2015, 8:39 AM PST0

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter was showered by banknotes by British comedian Simon Brodkin at a press conference today.
by Breitbart London20 Jul 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

The tensions between Russia and America reached a new high last Thursday when a Russian official demanded an international investigation into America’s moon landing on July 20, 1969.
by Mary Chastain21 Jun 2015, 7:08 PM PST0

Appearing on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney responded to the question about whether or not he would be the next FIFA president to replace Sepp Blatter, who, shortly after being re-elected, announced he
by Trent Baker15 Jun 2015, 2:28 PM PST0

FIFA halted the process for 2026 bids as the organization undergoes a leadership overhaul.
by Mary Chastain10 Jun 2015, 10:05 AM PST0

In last week’s episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO, host John Oliver pled with the sponsors of FIFA to pressure FIFA to the point of forcing out its president Sepp Blatter. Oliver promised that if these companies
by Trent Baker8 Jun 2015, 10:24 AM PST0

The debut of United Passions—a self-aggrandizing feel good movie about the history of FIFA—couldn’t have come at a worse time.
by Robert Wilde8 Jun 2015, 8:46 AM PST0

Bradley Cooper’s model girlfriend, Ariana Shayk, 29, was accused this week by Spanish paper El Mundo of having an affair with scandal-ridden 79-year-old FIFA president, Sepp Blatter.
by Kelli Serio6 Jun 2015, 1:13 PM PST0

ESPN’s Bob Ley, who became fed up with FIFA on air last week, spoke as a guest on ESPN Radio show “Mike and Mike” about the FIFA scandal investigation,. He questioned which world power would want to be responsible for removing
by Trent Baker4 Jun 2015, 6:56 PM PST0

Comedian John Cleese has weighed into the FIFA scandal, tweeting that Sepp Blatter has ‘given himself four months to destroy the evidence” after ex-FIFA executive Jack Warner named the Swiss in a television broadcast about the investigation for corruption. The
by A.B. Sanderson4 Jun 2015, 5:14 AM PST0

Contents: FBI investigating awarding of 2018 and 2022 World Soccer Cups; FIFA investigation brings the Russia and Qatar awards into question; Palestine drops demand to ban Israel from FIFA; Philippines president Aquino compares China to Nazis
by John J. Xenakis4 Jun 2015, 4:00 AM PST0