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LATEST NEWS ON FIFA, SEPP BLATTER AND MICHEL PLATINI

Dick Pound calls for independent external investigator after it emerges FIFA drugs adviser was paid by Russia

09/07/17 09:09

FIFA should appoint an independent external investigator to probe at least 34 football cases arising from Russia's pan-sport doping scandal, according to the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Dick Pound. This comes as The Mail on Sunday reveals a special adviser to FIFA on medical matters, Martial Saugy, who worked for Russian sport, is also understood to have worked on the FIFA probe into Russian football. Until last year Saugy was the director of the WADA-accredited drug-testing laboratory in Lausanne. But he left his post after an official report was critical of the way his lab destroyed Russian samples that WADA wanted stored....read

09/07/17 09:08

Senior McDonald's officials have discussed a possible withdrawal from their sponsorship of FIFA due to ethical concerns with the World Cup finals in Russia less than a year away.

08/07/17 00:03

Alongside the famous pair were the likes of Alessandro Del Piero, David Trezeguet, Gennaro Gattuso, Clarence Seedorf and current Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to name but a few.

05/07/17 13:02

Around twenty former pros are facing bankruptcy after failed film investments with the HMRC ordering some investors to pay £750,000 to £1.5million in tax and two up to £7million.

04/07/17 11:33

It has been a busy summer for the new VAR technology, leaving plenty of question marks over its future use in the game. Here, Sportsmail examines the issue at hand.

01/07/17 23:18

Apart from Arsenal, Usmanov's company, USM, has links to Everton where USM chairman Farhad Moshiri is owner and where USM has a naming rights deal at Everton’s training ground.

01/07/17 23:16

This newspaper revealed last week that Russia's entire 23-man World Cup squad from 2014 were among 34 doping cases FIFA are investigating — details of which we publish here.

01/07/17 23:15

It was the curious case of The Pope, a Russian oligarch and the FIFA president charged with cleaning up a rotten institution. And it might have brought down FIFA leader Gianni Infantino.

01/07/17 12:43

FIFA President Gianni Infantino signalled he is in favour of introducing video assistant referees at the World Cup after its success at the Confederations Cup - but it needs to be improved.

29/06/17 12:29

The decision to award Russia the 2018 World Cup and Qatar the 2022 edition in December 2010 has been dogged by allegations of bribery and corruption ever since.

29/06/17 00:48

FIFA executives failed to properly consider that it gets very hot in Qatar in June and July before awarding the country the 2022 World Cup, the Garcia report has claimed.

29/06/17 00:43

The decisions to award Russia the 2018 World Cup and Qatar the 2022 edition have been dogged by allegations of bribery and corruption since they were made in December 2010.

28/06/17 09:17

CHARLES SALE AND MATT LAWTON: The full extent of how England tried desperately to secure the 2018 World Cup has been laid bare by a FIFA report into the bidding war.

28/06/17 05:50

A new report released on Wednesday by FIFA's ethics committee has cast doubt over claims by Australia's soccer officials (pictured) that the failed bid was completely by the book.

27/06/17 10:08

On Monday night, German newspaper Bild began leaking extracts from a suppressed 430-page investigation into Russia's and Qatar's successful bids to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup.

25/06/17 10:44

SPECIAL REPORT BY NICK HARRIS: The bombshell revelation comes after a Mail on Sunday investigation found they are among more than 1,000 'people of interest' to officials

12/06/17 17:43

Australia will launch an audacious government backed bid to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023, with the tournament expected to be a huge financial boost for the nation if successful.

11/06/17 22:57

FIFA president Gianni Infantino does not believe that the diplomatic crisis which has embroiled 2022 World Cup host nation Qatar will threaten its staging of the tournament, he said on Sunday.

10/06/17 22:31

NICK HARRIS - EXCLUSIVE: The man, who the MoS can confirm as Briton Zac Cox, age 40, was killed in January when he fell at Doha's renovated Khalifa Stadium.

28/05/17 22:36

MARTIN SAMUEL: So there is some mitigation for his words on the subject of Victor Moses's dive; but also a note of warning. Next season, managers are going to have to face facts.

12/05/17 23:10

CHARLES SALE - SPORT AGENDA: The expectation England will play Germany again, over the Armistice Day period, has made it even more urgent to resolve the ongoing poppy fiasco.

12/05/17 11:22

A Muslim cleric from Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Alarefe called on football's governing body to write it into the game's laws prohibiting players from making a cross during matches.

12/05/17 01:54

FIFA president Gianni Infantino and FA chairman Greg Clarke have claimed transfer deals need more transparency after Sportsmail's revelations about Paul Pogba's move to Manchester United.

12/05/17 01:38

ROP DRAPER: Mario Balotelli, Carlos Tevez and Bastian Schweinsteiger are the latest to have their huge salaries revealed in the book Football Leaks: The Dirty Business of Football.

10/05/17 22:30

CHARLES SALE: The full skulduggery behind FIFA president Gianni Infantino sacking his two ethics chamber leaders has been revealed by Germany's new FIFA Council member Reinhard Grindel.

10/05/17 07:44

The United States, Canada, and Mexico are seeking an unchallenged path to co-hosting rights for the 2026 showpiece, if FIFA's technical requirements are met by next year.

10/05/17 00:16

The inaugural version of the FIFA event, which rivals the Ballon d'Or Gala, was held in Zurich in January, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Carli Lloyd and Claudio Ranieri taking the top prizes.

09/05/17 22:31

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has stage-managed another controversial coup by removing leaders of the investigatory and judicial ethics chambers.

08/05/17 23:00

The Pescara player - once of Portsmouth - was sent off last week for leaving the field after claiming he was racially abused during a game with Cagliari.

07/05/17 22:30

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Sometimes a solution is so simple it beggars belief. Take the debate around dissent, new technology and video assistant referees.

04/05/17 16:37

The FIFA appeals panel typically gives a detailed verdict within weeks in non-urgent cases. Argentina's next World Cup qualifier is against Uruguay on August 31.

03/05/17 16:48

China's hopes of hosting the 2030 World Cup have been given a boost from FIFA. Possible rule changes mean a country would not have to wait two tournaments anymore before bidding to host.

02/05/17 22:44

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Bent, 33, who has scored 13 goals this season, exercised the clause in his agreement guaranteeing him another season based on playing time.

30/04/17 23:10

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has resigned from all his football positions - including the FIFA Council - after the latest wave of corruption allegations in the sport.

29/04/17 22:30

FIFA's president Gianni Infantino and one of his most powerful executives at the organisation, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kuwait, are facing fresh allegations of corruption.

25/04/17 04:33

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Last year the world football's ruling body made a loss of £289million and 23 backers still have to be found for a sponsorship model that has 34 slots.

07/04/17 18:16

Football's world governing body is still confident of its usual financial recovery in a World Cup year and expects to finish 2018 with an £80million profit for the four years since 2014.

05/04/17 11:46

The EFPL, which represents leagues from 25 countries, has been critical of UEFA since being left out of key talks on changing Champions League entries and prize money distribution.

31/03/17 22:50

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The probe into football corruption was carried out by expensive American lawyers Quinn Emanuel and Swiss counterparts NKF.

31/03/17 11:00

FIFA have completed their internal investigation into corruption which started in June 2015 following the Zurich raids that kick-started the downfall of disgraced former President Sepp Blatter.

30/03/17 22:02

Platini was UEFA president until 2015 when he was banned for an initial eight years by FIFA's ethics committee due to a £1.3million payment made to him on the instruction of Blatter.

30/03/17 18:20

Under the proposal for the enlarged tournament beginning beginning in 2026, Europe would get 16 places, Africa nine, Asia eight, South America six, CONCACAF six and Oceania one.

30/03/17 16:56

The Argentine star was slapped with a four-match ban by FIFA this week after allegations he unleashed a verbal tirade during his country's World Cup qualifying victory over Chile.

27/03/17 20:04

FIFA has received no official contact from Diego Maradona since the Argentine World Cup winner threatened last week to quit his ambassadorial role.

27/03/17 20:02

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been dropped for Argentina's World Cup 2018 qualifier against Bolivia on Tuesday. Lucas Pratto has been brought in and will partner Lionel Messi.

27/03/17 08:56

MARTIN SAMUEL: It certainly wasn’t a bad run for a spell that lasted just three and a half years. In that time, Manchester City signed Yaya Toure, David Silva, Sergio Aguero and others. 

20/03/17 15:36

Referee Joseph Lamptey of Ghana gave a penalty for a non-existent handball against Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly. Replays clearly showed the ball struck Koulibaly's knee.

20/03/17 15:32

Croatia will play to their first full home crowd at a competitive match for almost two and a half years this week, in a World Cup qualifier which coach Ante Cacic hopes will show his side has support.

17/03/17 22:32

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The Six Nations — having agreed their joint contract with ITV and BCC — brought in the 'preparation break' on the blindside this season.

16/03/17 17:29

Ahmad of Madagascar pulled off a stunning upset on Thursday, ousting Issa Hayatou, the long-serving president of the Confederation of African Football, in an election at congress in Ethiopia.

13/03/17 22:20

The Court of Arbitration for Sport branded former FIFA president Sepp Blatter 'reckless' for paying £1.3million to Michel Platini. Blatter failed in his appeal to CAS to overturn his suspension in August.

12/03/17 11:05

OLIVER HOLT: Bellamy tried as best he could. He employed sponsorship managers to try to raise funds. They kept coming up empty. In the end, he had to admit defeat and the academy closed.

10/03/17 00:53

Ronaldo captained Portugal to an unexpected victory at Euro 2016 in France last summer, securing the Iberian country its first ever major trophy, and they have the chance to land another.

09/03/17 15:00

FIFA president Gianni Infantino says Barcelona's remarkable comeback victory over Paris St Germain showed that football's law makers should be careful with adjusting the rules.

05/03/17 01:23

ANDREW WARSHAW - EXCLUSIVE: Research published last month suggested repeated headers during a player’s career may be linked to long-term brain damage.

28/02/17 14:31

Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to have his 10-year ban from football overturned.

23/02/17 16:54

BT Sport will show exclusive coverage of FIFA 17 competitive gaming, the first time the game has been broadcast on a mainstream sports television channel in the UK.

21/02/17 12:52

It's a high-profile role ahead of next year's World Cup, which is under scrutiny over violence involving Russian fans at last year's Euros and a rise in the number of racist incidents in Russia.

19/02/17 15:42

FIFA president Gianni Infantino will meet more than 50 presidents of African football associations in an unprecedented summit in Johannesburg this week, officials said on Sunday.

16/02/17 15:22

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Thursday he intends to encourage co-hosting for the 2026 soccer World Cup that could divide the tournament up between as many as four countries.

10/02/17 10:29

Maradona's career peaked as he led Argentina to victory at the 1986 World Cup finals but he suffered arguably his lowest point in FIFA's competition when he was sent home for failing a drugs test in 1994.

09/02/17 18:12

UEFA gets a minimum of 13 slots in the current 32-team World Cup format but is resigned to the fact most of the new places are heading to the relatively under-represented African and Asian confederations.

02/02/17 20:15

The 22-year-old Turk must also pay £86,000 in compensation to Turkish club Trabzonspor, for whom he agreed to sign when he was a teenager, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled.

27/01/17 10:24

Teams in the Chinese Super League - whose aggressive pursuit of top stars including Diego Costa and Wayne Rooney in recent months - shelled out a total of  £356million during the calendar years.

17/01/17 09:10

Liverpool are giving serious consideration to playing Joel Matip at Plymouth and risking a potential fall-out from a FIFA investigation amid eligibility issues with Cameroon for AFCON.

11/01/17 15:14

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Six Hublot Big Bang watches disappeared somewhere between FIFA HQ and the Zurich TV studios where the event was being staged.

11/01/17 11:02

MARTIN SAMUEL: With the certainty of night following day, the members of the FIFA council voted through their wallets for a 48-team World Cup from 2026. And now the fun begins.

10/01/17 23:54

Infantino's proposal to increase the number of nations competing in the tournament by 16 from 2026 was unanimously signed off on Tuesday in Zurich by FIFA's Council.

10/01/17 21:57

The body representing Europe's top clubs - including Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich - has issued a scathing verdict on FIFA's new World Cup.

10/01/17 16:06

The decision taken by FIFA to expand the World Cup to a 48-team tournament from 2026 has divided opinion across the game. Sportsmail's top team of reporters have their say on the matter.

10/01/17 14:26

Collecting stickers for the Panini World Cup album - a fond tradition among children in the UK - could cost more than £500 after FIFA voted to expand the number of competing teams to 48.

10/01/17 13:34

FIFA have revealed the Premier League came within two votes of having a representative in their Team of the Year, with Toni Kroos narrowly edging out Paul Pogba.

10/01/17 13:19

The award may be different but the outcome was the same. On Monday night Cristiano Ronaldo captured FIFA's concisely named The Best FIFA Football Player award, adding it to his collection.

10/01/17 12:03

The two clubs were rewarded for the moment when they sang You'll Never Walk Alone ahead of the Europa League quarter-final first-leg at Sigual Iduna Park last year.

10/01/17 10:29

The Malaysian, who read his acceptance speech from his phone, received the award after picking up the most votes from football fans across the world. His strike for Penang was voted the best by fans.

10/01/17 10:28

As the dust settles on another glitzy FIFA awards ceremony, football fans take great delight in discovering which captain and manager voted for which player.

10/01/17 10:13

Officially his club wanted him to concentrate on preparing for Wednesday night's Copa del Rey tie against Athletic Bilbao, but it's believed the Argentine simply did not want to play second fiddle to Ronaldo.

10/01/17 09:20

Though the Manchester United captain made Claudio Ranieri his No 1 choice for guiding Leicester to the Premier League title, he still had room for the manager of a club he loves to hate.

10/01/17 09:18

Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't resist a sly dig at Barcelona and his old nemesis Lionel Messi after winning The Best FIFA Football Player award on Monday.

10/01/17 08:22

Most modern professional footballers are known for their sense of style, but paired in tandem with their wives and girlfriends they demonstrated their sartorial consideration on the green carpet.

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