Blatter: Egyptian officials should be reinstated
• Fifa president unhappy with government interference• Officials were dismissed after deaths at domestic matchThe Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, has said he will seek to reinstate the dismissed Egypt Football Federation officials following the viole...
Blatter: Platini ready to replace me at Fifa
• Blatter says Platini 'will be a good president'• Fifa head denies accusations of malpracticeSepp Blatter has claimed Michel Platini is "ready" to succeed him as the head of Fifa – and that the Frenchman will make a good president of the game's ...
Sepp Blatter and Fifa facing a moment of truth – or another whitewash | David Conn
Fifa's independent governance committee faces a defining decision on Thursday, whether to examine the organisation's past or ignore serious and credible corruption allegationsFootball's world governing body, Fifa, could from Thursday face a watershed i...
Sepp Blatter’s former opponent seeks inquiry into vote-buying claims
• Lennart Johansson was beaten by Blatter in 1998• Alleges: 'I hear that they bought some votes'The man beaten by Sepp Blatter for the Fifa presidency in 1998 believes his election hopes may have been damaged by vote-buying.Lennart Johansson, the 8...
Sir Alex Ferguson given presidential award for services to football
• Manchester United manager received award from Sepp Blatter• Barcelona's Pep Guardiola named coach of the yearThe Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, was on Monday night given the Fifa presidential award for services to football.The 70-y...
Fifa denies gifting TV rights to Jack Warner for supporting Sepp Blatter
• Warner was awarded World Cup rights for a minimum fee• Fifa rejects claim this was a reward for backing BlatterFifa has insisted that the awarding of television rights to the former vice-president Jack Warner for as little as $1 had nothing to do...
Said & Done – the 2011 awards: Sepp Blatter, Gigi Becali and Larissa
The 2011 awards: The year's best quotes, scandals and club owners – plus Larissa's new year messageMan of the year"Congress, today something marvellous happened – I am deeply moved and honoured. I will put Fifa's ship back on course in clear, trans...
Jack Warner claims he bought World Cup rights for $1
• Five-tournament deal cost him nominal sum• Warner claims he helped Sepp Blatter win Fifa electionJack Warner, the former Fifa vice-president, has claimed that he acquired the World Cup television rights for Trinidad & Tobago for as little as $1 i...
What we want for 2012: ‘Make Mario Balotelli Manchester City captain’
From modernising MOTD to Liverpool ditching their persecution complex, Guardian writers offer their new year wishlistRichard Williams Capital cities seldom win the European Cup: Madrid, Amsterdam and, long ago, Lisbon and Belgrade are the exceptions in...
Fifa unlikely to block release of damaging dossier into ISL collapse
• Fifa has until 23 January to appeal against court order• Potentially incriminating documents to be releasedFifa has until 23 January to appeal against a court order demanding the release of documents relating to the collapse of ISL, its form...
Fifa ordered to release ISL documents by Swiss court
• Publication of the files has been delayed by objections• Fifa not expected to appeal against the decisionFifa has been ordered by the supreme court of the canton of Zug in Switzerland to release documents relating to the collapse of its former ma...
Said & Done: Zdravko Mamic, Gigi Becali, plus Larissa Riquelme on politics
Croatia's big shock; Gigi Becali on brawling; fines of the week; plus Larissa Riquelme on politicsMan of the weekCroatia's FA head Vlatko Markovic - "shocked" by 17 arrests in Croatian football, including his deputy on corruption charges. "It's a trage...
