Blatter turned to former US Attorney Richard Cullen, who is currently head of the McGuireWoods law firm, for services. Walcke's interests will be defended by renowned New York lawyer Barry Burke. Both officials are not going to personally comment on the progress of the procedural ...
Switzerland's attorney general has reported suspicious activity in bank accounts belonging to FIFA discovered as part of an investigation into corruption allegations at the Fédération Internationale de Football Association. According to Michael Lauber, his department continues to analyze the “huge amount of data” seized in connection with the investigation...
The Chairman of the FIFA Audit Commission, Domenico Scala, said that no violations were found during the elections of the country hosting the 2018 World Cup. But there is a theoretical opportunity to take the World Cup away from Russia and Qatar - only if there is evidence of violations...
In the United States, materials of court hearings have been published, during which a former high-ranking FIFA official Chuck Blazer pleaded guilty. A former member of the CONCACAF leadership said that he and other members of the FIFA leadership took bribes to elect South Africa as the host country of the World Cup ...
On Thursday, May 28, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach advised FIFA officials to restore order, as the IOC did 15 years ago. His advice would have sounded more convincing if the head of FIFA Joseph Blatter (Joseph ...
A group of American senators wrote a letter to Joseph Blatter, President of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), demanding that Russia be deprived of the right to host the 2018 World Cup. “Hosting the World Cup in Russia inappropriately strengthens the prestige of the Putin regime at a time when it is needed ...