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November 11, 2019

Bosnian police arrest 12 in soccer match-fixing case

Referees and soccer officials were among the 12 people arrested in Bosnia on Monday in a match-fixing investigation into the ...

November 07, 2019

US gov't rep unhappy with WADA lobbying effort

A key American delegate at the World Anti-Doping Agency meetings lashed out at the agency's director for using government ...

November 07, 2019

Russian sports leaders fight over doping data breach

For years, Russian leaders portrayed pursuit of the doping scandal that has paralyzed the country's Olympic aspirations as ...

November 06, 2019

IOC, WADA hire DC lobbyists to discuss anti-doping bill

Not long after a bill that would criminalize international doping conspiracies advanced in the U.S. Congress, world Olympic ...

November 06, 2019

Russia, US go toe-to-toe at anti-doping meeting

The fight was about doping. The United States delivered haymakers. Russia came back with jabs. The proverbial blows were ...

November 05, 2019

Vinokourov cleared of corruption in race-fixing case

A judicial official says former Olympic cycling champion Alexandre Vinokourov and fellow rider Alexandr Kolobnev have been ...

October 31, 2019

FIFA database opens legal cases to more scrutiny

FIFA has opened its legal work to scrutiny by starting to publish detailed verdicts in most ethics and disciplinary cases — ...

October 18, 2019

UEFA seeks advice on how to improve match-fixing prosecution

Aiming to better fight match-fixing in soccer, UEFA wants a partner to advise how to work better with police and prosecutors.

October 11, 2019

FIFA bans Afghan official in fallout of sexual abuse scandal

In further fallout from a sexual abuse scandal, Afghanistan's top soccer official was banned for five years by FIFA on Friday ...

October 07, 2019

FIFA bans indicted El Salvador official for taking bribes

A former president of the El Salvador soccer federation has been banned for life by FIFA for taking bribes from commercial ...

October 03, 2019

FIFA bans official for 4 years for taking soccer funds

A former president of the Equatorial Guinea soccer federation who “misappropriated FIFA funds” has been banned from soccer ...

October 02, 2019

FIFA bans former vice president for life for taking bribes

Former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo has been banned for life for bribery worth millions of dollars that was exposed ...

October 01, 2019

FIFA imposes life ban on former CONCACAF official Sanz

FIFA has imposed a life ban for bribery on Enrique Sanz, the former general secretary of North American soccer body CONCACAF.

October 01, 2019

Better late: Montano gets medals, but the fight goes on

Alysia Montano walked off the track with a pair of bronze medals that were placed around her neck several years too late.

September 27, 2019

Scandal-hit German soccer federation elects Keller president

After years of scandal, crisis and internal conflict, the German soccer federation is hoping former Freiburg president Fritz ...

September 25, 2019

Swiss attorney general gets 4 more years amid FIFA fallout

Embattled attorney general Michael Lauber has been given four more years in office by Switzerland's lawmakers despite ...

September 20, 2019

Former Levante coach denies match-fixing in Spanish court

Former Levante coach Luis García Plaza has told a court that he had no knowledge of an alleged scheme to fix a Spanish league ...

September 19, 2019

Prince William told British PM to imagine FIFA voter naked

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has recalled being told by Prince William to imagine an American FIFA voter naked ...

September 18, 2019

Pitino settles with Louisville, ready for 'new chapter'

A fiercely competitive coach on the court, Rick Pitino didn't want to fight in one anymore. So the University of Louisville ...