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• Guatemala captures Brayan Jimenez for corruption, fraud and money laundering in FIFA

  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.

• Russia faces ban from athletics for widespread doping offences

  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.

• FIFA suspends number-two official after ticket allegations

  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.

• FIFA official proposes abolishing executive committee in reform plan

  An official overseeing reform efforts at FIFA has produced a radical blueprint for reform of soccer's scandal-hit governing body, including the abolition of its powerful executive committee, according to a person with knowledge of the plan. Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of FIFA's Audit and Compliance Committee, proposes replacing the executive committee with a dual structure. There would be a management committee including independent professionals charged with ensuring FIFA's day-to-day running, and a governing council playing more of an oversight role, the source said.

• Hong Kong arrests nine suspected of bomb-making plot ahead of poll reform vote

  Hong Kong police arrested nine people and seized suspected explosives, authorities said on Monday, as the city goes on high alert ahead of a crucial vote on a China-backed electoral reform package that sparked widespread protests last year.

• FIFA shelves bidding for 2026 World Cup, Swiss seize data

  Scandal-plagued FIFA postponed the bidding for the right to host the 2026 World Cup on Wednesday and Swiss authorities took possession of computer data from the global football body that a source said included records from the office of its President Sepp Blatter.

• Russia, Qatar might lose their World Cups: paper

  Russia and Qatar could be stripped of their World Cup hosting rights if evidence emerges of bribery in the bidding process, Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of FIFA's audit and compliance committee, told a Swiss newspaper.

• FBI extends FIFA scrutiny to World Cup host bids of Russia, Qatar

  The FBI's investigation of bribery and corruption at FIFA includes scrutiny of how soccer's governing body awarded World Cup hosting rights to Russia and Qatar, a U.S. law enforcement official said.

• FIFA scandal deepens as Blatter aide linked to payments

  U.S. prosecutors believe FIFA President Sepp Blatter's top lieutenant made $10 million in bank transactions that are central to the bribery investigation of the world soccer body, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

• German justice minister urges new start at FIFA without Blatter

  Germany's Justice Minister said on Friday he did not believe FIFA President Sepp Blatter could continue to lead world soccer's global governing body after the arrest of senior officials on corruption charges.

• Global soccer officials arrested in U.S., Swiss corruption cases

  Swiss police arrested some of the most powerful figures in global soccer on Wednesday, announcing a criminal investigation into the awarding of the next two world cups and plunging the world's most popular sport into turmoil.

• FIFA in limbo after latest twist in World Cup saga

  FIFA appeared to be in limbo on Thursday as a long-awaited report on the turbulent bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups was criticized by its own investigator while the soccer world watched on in a mixture of bewilderment and anger.

• FIFA faces more calls for transparency

  FIFA faced more calls for greater transparency on Friday when its own ethics investigator joined the critics and complained of a "disconnect" with the public.

• Report says FIFA outdoes NGOs in tax exemption

  Set up as a not-for-profit association in Switzerland, FIFA does not pay any taxes from revenues it gains from every World Cup tournament, the Forbes report wrote. It has also been observed that the organization has also managed to wrangled itself from laws in Brazil that would have required the organization to pay tax money.