FIFA/UEFA/CONMEBOL/CAF/CONCACAF/AFC news thread

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Winter World Cup impact on Premier League, Bundesliga, MLS, other big leagues, writes Vivek Chaudhary - ESPN FC

 

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FIFA's winter World Cup should not be played in November-December - Marcotti - ESPN FC

 

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IFAB delay live video technology trial triple punishment rule change agreed - ESPN FC

 

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Sam Wallace: Fifa's real crime with Qatar 2022 is ignoring the workers' plight - News & Comment - Football - The Independent

 

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FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein unveils his manifesto - ESPN FC

 

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FIFA officials arrested over corruption charges - ESPN FC

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/2...s-face-corruption-charges-in-us.html?referrer

 

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FIFA presidential election to go ahead despite arrests - ESPN FC

Why everyone is fed up with FIFA - ESPN FC

The tsunami has finally arrived.

 

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The laws that the US Department of Justice are using are literally the same ones that they use against mobsters, and have a 90%+ conviction rate. There's also the fact that the DOJ have been investigating this for 20+ years, and the fact that the new US Attorney General Loretta Lynch was also investigating this while acting as the US Attorney in the Eastern District of New York (which apparently is where most organised crime stuff is prosecuted because they are incredibly good at it) for a good while before she got confirmed by the Senate. Blatter and his pals are probably tweaked; the US government investigation and arrests have poked the Swiss into investigating; and it might mean that FIFA's leadership team can't go to any country that has an extradition treaty with the US which locks them out of the vast majority of Europe as well as many other countries.

And there's some irony in the fact that the potential saviour of world football being the US Federal government...

 

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Is it time for UEFA to take the Nuclear Option and split from FIFA? By Simon Evans | World Soccer Talk

Europe should definitely do this.

 

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How Sepp Blatter won the hearts and minds of Africa to ride out Fifa storms | Football | The Guardian

This is the root of Blatter's manipulation of the footy nations outside Europe.

 

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United States to vote against Sepp Blatter in FIFA election - ESPN FC

 

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Omertà (part eight): How Blatter keeps Power at FIFA | Wired868

 

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South Korea results from 2002 World Cup now under scrutiny - Football - Eurosport

Make No Mistake, the FIFA War is Not About Football or Corruption | The Wire

An interesting article coming out of the non western media on this saga. Must say there is some truth to this @SpitfiresKent @StinkyBoHoon @ste_mc_efc @Epic @IceAgeComing @Lee1981 @Skater @Haarithan

 

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