FIFA issued in a statement that it has banned executive committee member and German legend Franz Beckenbauer from football activities for 90 days for not cooperating in the probe on Qatar's winning bid for the 2022 World Cup.
The Football Association has recently banned the players and staff members of UK's official World Cup team to discuss or comment about the Falklands after Argentina's team under coach Alejandro Sabella unfurled a political statement about its claim on the islands, Daily Mail reported.
John Oliver's June 8 "Last Week Tonight" rant on HBO reveals who are the entities behind FIFA's alleged pressure of Brazil to relax some of its laws in time for the 2014 World Cup, Politifact.com reported.
Goal.com said that The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the military group that currently rules Thailand, enforced an existing rule that demands all broadcasters to show matches of the 2014 World Cup on free-to-air channels.
