Fifa Bribery

A former executive with 21st Century Fox and an Argentine sports marketing firm were found guilty in New York on Thursday of paying bribes to secure lucrative television rights to international football officials

Doha said it "strongly denies the allegations contained within the court papers" while the Kremlin said it "absolutely legally got the right" to host the 2018 global football spectacle.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has maintained he was unaware of the payments and said that he was shocked when he saw, what had happened in the different confederations.

FIFA's suspended president Sepp Blatter has maintained he was unaware of the payments, but the BBC said it had seen a letter obtained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States that casts doubt on his denial.

Joao Havelange was president of FIFA between 1974 and 1998 but resigned his title of honorary president in 2013, due to his links to a bribery scandal involving Indian Super League (ISL), a sports marketing firm.

UBS, along with Credit Suisse, are currently under investigation by US and Swiss authorities over allegations of bribery and corruption.

The Swiss investigation is running alongside and in cooperation with a U.S. probe that led to the criminal indictment on May 27 of nine current and former FIFA officials and five executives in sports marketing and broadcasting on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges.

Sepp Blatter said on June 2 that he would step down as FIFA president. He is under pressure to leave sooner rather than later as U.S. and Swiss authorities widen investigations into bribery and corruption at FIFA.

US authorities, who triggered the uproar by indicting 14 former and current FIFA officials and sports executives for alleged bribery dating back two decades, have said they will investigate the process which led to Brazil being chosen to host the World Cup in 2014.

Swiss judicial authorities are probing the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar as part of a far-reaching corruption scandal that has also raised questions about the 2010 event in South Africa.

The amount is at the centre of the FIFA bribery allegations, which was allegedly paid by the South African Football Association (SAFA) to CONCACAF as 'development funds' for its developmental programme. South Africa hosted the 2010 World Cup, the first time the quadrennial tournament was held in the continent of Africa.

Sepp Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term and has escaped charges in the FIFA corruption scandal so far. The question that remains though is for how long?

South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor, which with affiliate Kia Motors makes up the world's fifth largest auto group, signed up in 2010 to become FIFA's official automotive partner until 2022.

FIFA has been engulfed in a bribery scandal that includes accusations from the US attorney general that FIFA officials took cash in return for awarding the tournament to South Africa.

The US district court alleges massive corruption by Jack Warner within its prosecution of 14 people, including serving and former high-ranking Fifa officials and sports marketing company executives alleged to have paid bribes.

A former executive with 21st Century Fox and an Argentine sports marketing firm were found guilty in New York on Thursday of paying bribes to secure lucrative television rights to international football officials

Doha said it "strongly denies the allegations contained within the court papers" while the Kremlin said it "absolutely legally got the right" to host the 2018 global football spectacle.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has maintained he was unaware of the payments and said that he was shocked when he saw, what had happened in the different confederations.

FIFA's suspended president Sepp Blatter has maintained he was unaware of the payments, but the BBC said it had seen a letter obtained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States that casts doubt on his denial.

Joao Havelange was president of FIFA between 1974 and 1998 but resigned his title of honorary president in 2013, due to his links to a bribery scandal involving Indian Super League (ISL), a sports marketing firm.

UBS, along with Credit Suisse, are currently under investigation by US and Swiss authorities over allegations of bribery and corruption.

The Swiss investigation is running alongside and in cooperation with a U.S. probe that led to the criminal indictment on May 27 of nine current and former FIFA officials and five executives in sports marketing and broadcasting on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges.

Sepp Blatter said on June 2 that he would step down as FIFA president. He is under pressure to leave sooner rather than later as U.S. and Swiss authorities widen investigations into bribery and corruption at FIFA.

US authorities, who triggered the uproar by indicting 14 former and current FIFA officials and sports executives for alleged bribery dating back two decades, have said they will investigate the process which led to Brazil being chosen to host the World Cup in 2014.

Swiss judicial authorities are probing the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar as part of a far-reaching corruption scandal that has also raised questions about the 2010 event in South Africa.

The amount is at the centre of the FIFA bribery allegations, which was allegedly paid by the South African Football Association (SAFA) to CONCACAF as 'development funds' for its developmental programme. South Africa hosted the 2010 World Cup, the first time the quadrennial tournament was held in the continent of Africa.

Sepp Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term and has escaped charges in the FIFA corruption scandal so far. The question that remains though is for how long?

South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor, which with affiliate Kia Motors makes up the world's fifth largest auto group, signed up in 2010 to become FIFA's official automotive partner until 2022.

FIFA has been engulfed in a bribery scandal that includes accusations from the US attorney general that FIFA officials took cash in return for awarding the tournament to South Africa.

The US district court alleges massive corruption by Jack Warner within its prosecution of 14 people, including serving and former high-ranking Fifa officials and sports marketing company executives alleged to have paid bribes.