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October 19, 2017

FIFA probe: Al-Khelaifi confirms his presence in Switzerland

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi says he will go to Switzerland next Wednesday to answer questions from Swiss ...

October 13, 2017

Italian luxury villa seized in FIFA, World Cup bribery case

A villa valued at seven million euros ($8.3 million) on an Italian island was allegedly how a Qatari television executive ...

October 12, 2017

World Cup bribery case opened against PSG president, Valcke

The Qatari president of one of Europe's most glamorous soccer clubs, Paris Saint-Germain, is under investigation by Swiss ...

October 09, 2017

Swiss prosecutors to help Olympic-related case in Brazil

Federal prosecutors in Switzerland have agreed to help Brazilian authorities investigating Olympic official Carlos Nuzman, ...

October 06, 2017

IOC suspends Olympic official Nuzman in vote-buying case

After being arrested in Rio de Janeiro and accused of storing gold bars in Switzerland, Brazilian Olympic Committee president ...

September 26, 2017

Epic fail: Soccer refs banned after match-fixing goes wrong

Four soccer referees in the southern African country of Malawi have been banned for life for match-fixing after they received ...

September 20, 2017

Russia regains FIFA Council seat after Mutko's ouster

Russia has regained its place on the FIFA Council, six months after Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko was blocked from ...

September 19, 2017

Burkina Faso challenges FIFA order to replay fixed game

The Burkina Faso Football Federation has challenged FIFA's ruling to replay a World Cup qualifying game because the referee ...

September 16, 2017

Russia doping tension marks final day of IOC meetings

The raw feelings created by the Russian doping scandal spilled onto the floor and into the hallways of the International ...

September 14, 2017

Russian leader: Doping won't keep athletes out of Olympics

If the Russians are worried about missing the upcoming Winter Olympics, one of their key leaders certainly isn't showing it.

Anne Hidalgo, Eric Garrett, Anita DeFrantz

September 14, 2017

Win-win: Paris awarded '24 Olympics, LA gets '28

The tears welling in the Paris mayor's eyes told the story one way. The words the Los Angeles mayor spoke told it another.

September 13, 2017

Irish soccer opens match-fixing investigation over friendly

The Football Association of Ireland has opened a match-fixing investigation and provided details of the allegations to police

September 12, 2017

South Africa accepts decision to replay World Cup qualifier

The South African Football Association won't appeal against FIFA's unprecedented decision to strip it of a victory in World ...

September 12, 2017

IOC seeks more information regarding vote-buying case

What was supposed to be a stress-free meeting of the International Olympic Committee turned into something quite different ...

September 06, 2017

World Cup qualifier to be replayed after match-fixing by ref

FIFA on Wednesday ordered that a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal be replayed after the referee was found ...

August 21, 2017

Life bans upheld for 3 officials in doping, bribery case

Life bans for the son of former IAAF President Lamine Diack and Russia's former top athletics official have been upheld in ...

August 19, 2017

With betting and $200K for winner, online World Cup pays

In the days after Neymar's world-record transfer, Paris Saint-Germain was wrapping up another ground-breaking signing.

August 04, 2017

Bach: No decision on Russia until committees finish work

The president of the International Olympic Committee insisted no decision will be made about Russia's participation in the ...

August 02, 2017

Independent integrity unit in charge of monitoring track

Among the many issues that made the Russian doping scandal so difficult to detect, then fix, was that track and field's own ...