Lionel Messi is having a bad start of 2017 as he lost the FIFA Best Player Award to Cristiano Ronaldo on the same day as his statue in Buenos Aires gets vandalized.
Cristiano Ronaldo Wins FIFA Men's Best Player Award; See Full List of Winners Here Cristiano Ronaldo started the year by winning the FIFA Men's Best Player Award.
US judge has released guilty pleas from former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb and the three defendants. The accused appeared guilty in receiving bribes and kickbacks. Also, Webb himself confessed about his illegal actions.
U.S. investigation of corruption scandal on international soccer organization has extended to its multinational sponsorship. Previously, ex-FIFA vice president pleaded guilty to bribery charges.
A FIFA judge is now under a probe conducted by his ethics committee colleagues. The investigation started after Juan Pedro Damiani was named in an international probe of offshore accounts.
Former soccer executive, Costa Takkas, has pleaded not guilty of charges of bribery schemes. Takkas was the former secretary-general of the Cayman Island Football Association.
Following the release of the 2015 salary paid to FIFA's former President Sepp Blatter, general secretary Jérôme Valcke s now reportedly the subject of a Swiss criminal investigation.
A FIFA match agent pleaded guilty to money laundering and wire fraud plot in a New York City court on Tuesday. He admitted that he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars just to secure media and marketing contracts.
Switzerland's justice ministry said that a former Venezuela FIFA president, Rafael Esquivel, has been extradited for his bribery charges in the US. He was even accompanied by American police officers to his flight back to New York.
Citigroup Inc. is now included in the investigation regarding FIFA's recent scandal. The company together with other banks will be placed under the microscope as authorities try to find relevant information.
CONCACAF alleged a US travel company of overcharging for services as part of a kickback scheme. But then, it has settled the lawsuit against the US travel company after they allegedly paid off ex-president Jeffrey Webb.
A sanction of being banned for life is what two former FIFA executives may face after pleading guilty on the accounts of corruption. This in lieu with FIFA's onging fight against corruption inside the organization.
Guatemala captures Brayan Jimenez for corruption, fraud and money laundering in FIFA. There are more officials and people involved in the said federation who are facing the same charges.
Alfredo Hawit has pleaded not guilty to the bribery charge filed against him. Ex-FIFA Vice President, Alfredo Hawit, recently pleaded not guilty in front of a judge in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn.
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter and European soccer chief Michel Platini have lost their appeals against provisional 90-days bans by the global soccer body's ethics committee, FIFA said on Wednesday.
Russia could be banned from international athletics, including the 2016 Olympic Games, after an anti-doping commission report on Monday alleged widespread corruption and collusion that added up to a state-sponsored drugs culture in a sporting superpower.
World soccer body FIFA put Jerome Valcke, its second-ranking official, on leave on Thursday just hours after an ex-footballer raised allegations he was involved in a plan to resell 2014 World Cup tickets for a lucrative profit.
Swiss authorities expect to decide in September whether to extradite six soccer officials to face corruption charges in the United States, a Justice Ministry spokesman said.
