The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the arbitration procedure between Mong Joon Chung and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The appeal of Mong Joon Chung has been partially upheld. As a consequence, the decision rendered by the FIFA Appeal Committee (FIFA...
The FIFA Appeal Committee, chaired by Larry Mussenden (Bermuda), has partially confirmed the decisions taken by the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee regarding Mr Jérôme Valcke, whose ban has been reduced from 12 to ten years, and Mr Chung Mong-joon, whose ban has been reduced from six to five...
The Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee today provisionally suspended FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, General Secretary Jérôme Valcke and UEFA President Michel Platini for 90 days, and banned Chung Mong-joon for six years. FIFA clarified that the provisional suspensions and bans mean that Blatter, Platini, Valcke and Mong-joon...
South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon (pictured) has accused FIFA of sabotaging his campaign to be elected as President of FIFA. Mong-joon said that FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee will charge him with violating six articles of FIFA’s Code of Ethics in relation to his support for South Korea’s 2022 World Cup...
• The CrossFit Games has announced that four athletes who competed at the 2017 Meridian Regional have returned adverse analytical findings (AAFs) for prohibited substances. None of the athletes concerned placed high enough to earn a trip to the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games, but all have had their 2017...
• Chung Mong-joon has filed an appeal against a five-year ban imposed by FIFA at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Mong-Join (pictured) is a former President of the Korean Football Association and a FIFA honorary Vice President who was initially banned for six years following an investigation...
Jérôme Valcke, former Secretary General of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision issued by the FIFA Appeal Committee dated 24 June 2016 (with reasons notified on 3 February 2017), in which he was...
Yet another head has fallen from the derided old FIFA ‘inner circle’ with the sacking of Markus Kattner, the Finance Director who has been interim Secretary General since last summer. Kattner, a 45-year-old German, joined the world football federation in 2003 from business consultancy corporation McKinsey in the restructing which...
• On Friday, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed that it had re-arrested and detained ‘Dan’ Tan Seet Eng on match-fixing charges. ‘The Minister for Home Affairs has issued a Detention Order in respect of Dan Tan Seet Eng (“Dan Tan“) on 5 December 2015 for his involvement in global...
The Adjudicatory Chamber of the independent FIFA Ethics Committee has opened formal proceedings against FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter (pictured, right) and UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured, left), both of whom it provisionally suspended for 90 days on 8 October. The decision to open formal proceedings was taken shortly after...
• Platini integrity check on hold until investigation concluded • German police raid German FA headquarters Platini integrity check on hold until investigation concluded FIFA’s Electoral Committee will reportedly not carry out an integrity check on FIFA Presidential candidate Michel Platini until after their investigation into allegations that Platinit...
• Australia seek payback for failed hosting bid • Germany’s Beckenbauer under renewed scrutiny • Blatter dismisses sponsors’ attacks as politically motivated Australia seek payback for failed hosting bid The former head of communications for Australia’s failed bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup has told the BBC...
• Presidential election candidates confirmed amid Platini uncertainty • Blatter’s revelation of ‘gentleman’s agreement’ before World Cup votes sparks controversy • Sheikh Salman once again denies human rights allegations • Global bank discloses it is being investigated over FIFA transactions Presidential election candidates confirmed amid Platini uncertainty FIFA...
• Darts champion cocaine ban: Former world darts champion, Richie Burnett, has been banned from all sports for 18 months after testing positive for cocaine. UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) confirmed that the Welshman, who won the BDO World Championships in 1995, tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine following in...
At an extraordinary session of the FIFA Executive Committee, it was decided that world football’s governing body will hold the election for its next President on 26 February 2016. The announcement means that Presidential hopeful Michel Platini, who, as reported by the Sports Integrity Initiative was suspended for 90...
