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FIFA: Palestinians drop vote to get Israel suspended from world football

A handshake between the representatives of Israeli and Palestinian football associations at the FIFA congress marks the end of the motion to get

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Blatter the unsinkable amid FIFA's corruption storm

The small Swiss town of Visp where Joseph Blatter grew up is surrounded by mountains – yet the young Sepp’s destiny was to be far from Alpine peaks

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(UPDATE) FIFA's other match: Palestinians drop motion to suspend Israel from world football

The Palestinians have complained for years that Israel discriminates against its players and officials, but the PFA president has been persuaded to back down on FIFA vote.

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Sepp Blatter shrugs off scandal ahead of FIFA presidential vote

Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter appeared unfazed as the 65th Congress of football’s world governing body opened in Zurich. His speech to the

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Protesters demand the resignation of FIFA's Blatter

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Sepp Blatter: corruption scandal casts 'long shadow over football'

FIFA President Sepp Blatter says the latest corruption scandal to hit the governing body has cast a “long shadow over football.” Speaking at the

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'FIFA lives in a kind of 'Alice in Wonderland' world'

The ‘beautiful game’ has been plunged into turmoil as seven powerful football figures face extradition to the US to face corruption charges

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Blatter tries to distance himself from FIFA corruption scandal

Embattled Sepp Blatter has tried to distance himself from the corruption scandal engulfing FIFA. Blatter, speaking at the FIFA Congress, said the

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Russia: FIFA arrests are 'obvious attempt' to stop Blatter re-election

Russia is accusing the US of meddling outside its jurisdiction, after the arrests of top FIFA officials. President Vladimir Putin says America is

Belgium

Heysel: a tragedy waiting to happen

On May 29, 1985, 39 people – most of them supporters of Italian football champions Juventus FC – were killed inside the Heysel Stadium in Brussels

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FIFA scandal: Blatter keeps low profile, sponsors threaten to review ties

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been avoiding scheduled appearances in Switzerland, as world football’s governing body is gripped by another

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Football 'corrupted': Five main points in FIFA and World Cup scandals

Bribes US justice authorities are pursuing their case on four fronts against FIFA, the powerful international governing body of association football

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Jack Warner turns himself in after being accused of corruption in FIFA scandal

Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner, who is one 14 top FIFA officials and corporate executives to be accused of corruption, has been released on

Russia

Fifagate: 'I don't think bribery is likely,' says Russian anti-corruption official

The Fifagate scandal has cast a shadow over the validity of Russia’s successful bid to host the 2018 World Cup. However, the chief of the country’s

Sport

Sevilla edge out Dnipro to retain Europa League crown

Sevilla have successfully defended their Europa League crown with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Ukrainian outsiders Dnipro in Warsaw on Wednesday

World News

UEFA wants FIFA vote to be called off amid corruption turmoil

European football’s governing body UEFA has called for Friday’s FIFA presidental election to be postponed. Incumbent Sepp Blatter is standing for

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FIFA 'did this over and over, year after year,' says US attorney general

The US attorney general has told reporters in New York that FIFA officials used their positions of trust to solicit bribes. Loretta Lynch said: “They

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Football's most powerful figures await extradition to US

Several of the global football industry’s most powerful figures are in detention waiting extradition to the United States after being arrested in

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"This is good for Fifa" world football's governing body reacts to arrest of senior executives

Fifa has responded to the arrest of six of its senior executives at the request of US authorities on corruption charges. The organisation’s head of

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'Rampant corruption:' US orders arrest of senior FIFA executives

FIFA is reeling after Swiss police arrested seven senior executives, including two vice presidents, at the luxury Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich in a