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FIFA walls continue to close in

The offices of a sports marketing company in Miami were raided by the FBI on Thursday. Officers raided Media World, which allegedly paid bribes in

Switzerland

16 FIFA bosses arrested in ongoing corruption probe

Football bosses from across South and Central America were among 16 people charged by US prosecutors on Thursday with multi-million dollar bribery

World News

Brazil thrown even further off-balance by pressure to oust Rousseff

The bid to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is expected to slow efforts to reboot Latin America’s biggest economy. The acceptance by the

Kenya

Kenya: Pope Francis visits slum, calls for more to be done about poverty

On his final day in Kenya, Pope Francis calls on the government to do more to lift people out of poverty.

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Monaco

IAAF President Coe gives up Nike ambassadorial role

Brazil

Brazil's Petrobras scandal claims two more scalps - a billionaire and a politician

Two major figures in Brazilian politics and finance have been arrested as part of the sweeping corruption probe into state oil giant Petrobras

USA

Coe under renewed scrutiny over decision to award Eugene 2021 world championships

Sport

Kenyan athletes continue protest at federation HQ

Kenya’s government met athletes to discuss their grievances on Tuesday, as runners occupied the athletics federation building for a second day

Sport

FIFA's ethics committee seek life bans for Blatter and Platini

FIFA’s ethics committee is reportedly seeking life-time bans for Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter. Both are currently serving 90-day suspensions while

Sport

Chile FA president resigns and heads to US as FBI informant - reports

Chile’s football federation says its president Sergio Jadue has officially resigned. His resignation was announced just hours after it emerged he was

Sport

Maradona says he is fighting FIFA corruption

Former World Cup champion, Diego Maradona has made his feelings known once again about the recent scandals to rock world football’s governing body

Ukraine

Kyiv in race against time to pass anti-corruption laws as EU deadline looms

The Ukrainian parliament has adopted another five of the anti-corruption measures necessary to liberalise EU visa requirements for Ukraine. The

World News

Follow live updates on the World Anti-Doping Agency report

Athletics is bracing for damning revelations with today’s release of a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency. According to media leaks, the

Romania

'We don't want the same lies': Fourth night of protest in Romania

Thousands of demonstrators returned to the streets of Romania for a fourth night running on Friday to pursue their campaign for a cleansing of the

Romania

Romania's former PM Ponta in court on corruption charges

Romania’s former prime minister Victor Ponta appeared in court on Friday morning (November 6) on charges of forgery, tax evasion and money

Romania

Romania lurches towards first-ever early elections

There has been a third night of protests in the Romanian capital Bucharest and around the country despite the arrival in office of a new interim

World News

Ex-World Athletics President Diack investigated for corruption

Romania

Romanian president warns of 'much to do' in political clean up

. For Romanian President Klaus Iohannis who was elected on an anti-corruption ticket last November, the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta

Romania

Romania: Thousands join protests calling for political reform

The surprise resignation of Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta over last week’s deadly nightclub fire has done little to stem the anger of

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Anger and grief at Bucharest anti-corruption rally

After a deadly nightclub fire last week, thousands of demonstrators called for government resignations over corruption. In the wake of the protests