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Two Convictions In FIFA Corruption Scandal Overturned
- Sunday September 3, 2023
- Agence France-Presse
The case was one of several to emerge from the 2015 probe from the US Justice Department which rocked world soccer's governing body FIFA and continental confederations for South and North America.
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FIFA Extends Ban On Former President Sepp Blatter Until 2028
- Wednesday March 24, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Sepp Blatter was forced to stand down as FIFA president in 2015 and was originally banned by FIFA for eight years, later reduced to six, over ethics breaches when he was found to have authorised a two-million-euro "disloyal payment" to former UEFA president Michel Platini.
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Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter In Hospital, "Getting Better Every Day"
- Friday January 8, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been taken to hospital, a Swiss newspaper said Thursday, but media insisted the disgraced official's life was not in danger.
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PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi Acquitted, Jerome Valcke Given Suspended Sentence In TV Rights Trial
- Saturday October 31, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
PSG's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi was cleared of inciting aggravated criminal mismanagement, with former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke found guilty of a separate charge of forging documents related to the attribution of Italian and Greek World Cup TV rights.
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Swiss Prosecutors Seek Prison for PSG President, Former FIFA Member In Corruption Trial
- Wednesday September 23, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi and former FIFA member Jerome Valcke are currently caught up in a corruption scandal.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss Prosecutor Launches Criminal Probe Of FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino
- Thursday July 30, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
The special prosecutor has been investigating suspected collusion between Infantino and Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber, who resigned last week over his handling of a corruption investigation targeting world football's governing body.
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Swiss Legal Chief Quits Amid FIFA Controversy
- Friday July 24, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Switzerland's top prosecutor resigned Friday following a drawn-out controversy over his handling of a corruption investigation targeting FIFA, citing a court ruling partially upholding accusations against him.
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Michel Platini Viewed As Sepp Blatter "Accomplice" In FIFA Corruption Case
- Friday June 26, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Michel Platini is now an "accused person" as an "accomplice of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation and acts of forgery."
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss To Try PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Ex-FIFA No.2 Jerome Valcke In September
- Tuesday April 28, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and FIFA's former secretary general Jerome Valcke will be tried in September in a corruption case linked to the attribution of broadcasting rights.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss Prosecutor Cleared In FIFA Corruption Probe, Then Quits
- Friday November 16, 2018
- Agence France-Presse
Olivier Thormann had been accused of "violating trade secrets, accepting benefits and corruption in connection with (his) contacts with a former FIFA employee."
- sports.ndtv.com
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World Cup 2018: Football Future Seems Bright After Great Final At "Greatest" World Cup
- Monday July 16, 2018
- Reuters
Football can now use this World Cup to focus on the positive and on the future as the sport's governing body FIFA seeks to put behind it the 2015 corruption scandals.
- sports.ndtv.com
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FIFA Trial Hears of Dancing, Private Jet, Massages
- Thursday December 7, 2017
- Agence France-Presse
Fabio Tordin testified in New York at the trial of three South American football executives charged in connection with the largest graft scandal in world soccer history.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss Probe PSG's Al-Khelaifi, ex-FIFA Executive Over Corruption
- Friday October 13, 2017
- Agence France-Presse
The allegations against the powerful Qatari sports executive Al-Khelaifi and Valcke, who was Sepp Blatter's long-serving right-hand man at FIFA, relate to the sale of media rights for upcoming World Cups.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Two Convictions In FIFA Corruption Scandal Overturned
- Sunday September 3, 2023
- Agence France-Presse
The case was one of several to emerge from the 2015 probe from the US Justice Department which rocked world soccer's governing body FIFA and continental confederations for South and North America.
- sports.ndtv.com
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FIFA Extends Ban On Former President Sepp Blatter Until 2028
- Wednesday March 24, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Sepp Blatter was forced to stand down as FIFA president in 2015 and was originally banned by FIFA for eight years, later reduced to six, over ethics breaches when he was found to have authorised a two-million-euro "disloyal payment" to former UEFA president Michel Platini.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter In Hospital, "Getting Better Every Day"
- Friday January 8, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been taken to hospital, a Swiss newspaper said Thursday, but media insisted the disgraced official's life was not in danger.
- sports.ndtv.com
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PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi Acquitted, Jerome Valcke Given Suspended Sentence In TV Rights Trial
- Saturday October 31, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
PSG's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi was cleared of inciting aggravated criminal mismanagement, with former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke found guilty of a separate charge of forging documents related to the attribution of Italian and Greek World Cup TV rights.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss Prosecutors Seek Prison for PSG President, Former FIFA Member In Corruption Trial
- Wednesday September 23, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi and former FIFA member Jerome Valcke are currently caught up in a corruption scandal.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss Prosecutor Launches Criminal Probe Of FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino
- Thursday July 30, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
The special prosecutor has been investigating suspected collusion between Infantino and Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber, who resigned last week over his handling of a corruption investigation targeting world football's governing body.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss Legal Chief Quits Amid FIFA Controversy
- Friday July 24, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Switzerland's top prosecutor resigned Friday following a drawn-out controversy over his handling of a corruption investigation targeting FIFA, citing a court ruling partially upholding accusations against him.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Michel Platini Viewed As Sepp Blatter "Accomplice" In FIFA Corruption Case
- Friday June 26, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Michel Platini is now an "accused person" as an "accomplice of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation and acts of forgery."
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss To Try PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Ex-FIFA No.2 Jerome Valcke In September
- Tuesday April 28, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and FIFA's former secretary general Jerome Valcke will be tried in September in a corruption case linked to the attribution of broadcasting rights.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss Prosecutor Cleared In FIFA Corruption Probe, Then Quits
- Friday November 16, 2018
- Agence France-Presse
Olivier Thormann had been accused of "violating trade secrets, accepting benefits and corruption in connection with (his) contacts with a former FIFA employee."
- sports.ndtv.com
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World Cup 2018: Football Future Seems Bright After Great Final At "Greatest" World Cup
- Monday July 16, 2018
- Reuters
Football can now use this World Cup to focus on the positive and on the future as the sport's governing body FIFA seeks to put behind it the 2015 corruption scandals.
- sports.ndtv.com
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FIFA Trial Hears of Dancing, Private Jet, Massages
- Thursday December 7, 2017
- Agence France-Presse
Fabio Tordin testified in New York at the trial of three South American football executives charged in connection with the largest graft scandal in world soccer history.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Swiss Probe PSG's Al-Khelaifi, ex-FIFA Executive Over Corruption
- Friday October 13, 2017
- Agence France-Presse
The allegations against the powerful Qatari sports executive Al-Khelaifi and Valcke, who was Sepp Blatter's long-serving right-hand man at FIFA, relate to the sale of media rights for upcoming World Cups.
- sports.ndtv.com