Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini- until recently the favorite to succeed Blatter in football’s top job- have both been banned from any football activities for eight years by a FIFA ethics investigation. The lengthy bans come after a $2 million payment in 2011 from Blatter to Platini…
The money men are finally weighing in on the ongoing corruption drama at Soccer’s world governing body. Just over a week after Swiss authorities announced the opening of a criminal investigation against embattled FIFA President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter, four of soccer’s biggest sponsors have called for his immediate…
Some press this afternoon expressed their belief that if HBO’s late-night show host John Oliver is a man of his word — and they have no reason to think otherwise — he will drink a Bud Light Lime on his show this weekend.
On Sunday’s show, Oliver made promises that included drinking a Bud Light Lime — even though he…
The IMDb page for United Passions, a feature film that was largely financed by world soccer governing body FIFA, reads: "The saga of the World Cup and the three wholly honest and ethical men who created it." With FIFA embroiled in a growing corruption scandal — and today’s news that embattled president Sepp Blatter…
UPDATE with additional details: Somewhere, John Oliver may just be chugging a Bud Light Lime. Sepp Blatter, after serving as president of world soccer governing body FIFA since 1998, announced his resignation today. The 79-year-old was re-elected to the post just this past week amid a scandal that saw six top FIFA offi…
UPDATEÂ with video:John Oliver tonight, on HBO’s Last Week Tonight, begged World Cup sponsors to stop supporting the games in order to drive Sepp Blatter out of office if the United States government does not indict him.
“To truly kill a snake you must kill its head, or, in this case, its asshole,” Oliver said, after…
Bolstered by his re-election as soccer association FIFA president, Sepp Blatter was considerably more confident Saturday in his post-election victory press conference than he was after Swiss police raided the organization’s favorite hotel in Zurich on Wednesday. Blatter dismissed suggestions that U.S. Justice…
UPDATED with more details:FIFA president Sepp Blatter won his fifth election today, despite widespread calls for his resignation from outside the organization and a U.S.-Swiss anti-corruption investigation that has rocked the world soccer body. The 17-year leader of the group easily defeated reformist challenger…
UPDATE, 10:19 AM:Sepp Blatter wins re-election after Jordan’s Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein concedes ahead of a second-round vote. See the story here.
UPDATE, 10 AM:FIFA members are heading back to the voting booths for a second round of balloting after the first round produced no two-thirds majority winner in the race…
Less than a day before FIFA’s elections, beleaguered president Sepp Blatter is facing growing pressure to speak out or resign following Wednesday’s arrests in Switzerland of top executives from the world soccer organization. Major sponsors threatened to take action in response to the crisis.
Visa, McDonald’s, The…
