FIFA, soccer's international governing body, is now a center of power standing next to nation-states. On football matters, it wields omnipotent authority. The globe is not large enough for a second FI ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
Months before the start of their qualifier game for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the battle between the Chinese and Hong Kong teams is already raging – in the promotional posters for the matches. The Chin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
FIFA chiefs exchanged favors for years to avoid conflict in a governance model that resembles a private club. The revelations were made by executives of national soccer organizations and sports groups ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
Ours is a world of impunity. Allegations of corruption swarmed around FIFA for decades, culminating in mass indictments of officials of the international soccer federation last week. Yet FIFA presiden ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
A former top FIFA official admitted that he and others on the executive committee of soccer's global governing body agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as 2010 Wo ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
Sepp Blatter said Tuesday that he will step down as FIFA president amid a widening corruption investigation into the world soccer's governing body. In an unexpected announcement just four days after h ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has rejected calls for him to resign despite admitting on Thursday that the corruption scandal engulfing soccer's governing body has brought shame to the sport. Making his ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-29
... sident of FIFA, is a target in the probe, Reuters reported Thursday. Soccer chiefs, including serving and former members of the FIFA executive committee, were held after a dawn raid on a five-star h ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-28
... a and the Fifa World Cup in Brazil also helped boost demand for video streaming services, he said. A recent study by Facebook showed that video consumption by users of the dominant social networking ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
Swiss police on Wednesday arrested six soccer officials, including some high-ranking members of world governing body FIFA, over corruption allegations. The officials were detained pending their extrad ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
... the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. Cheng said TVB could get a bigger share of advertising dollars after the government denied rival Asia Television Ltd.'s license renewal application. Meanwhile, chief e ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
... ing body, FIFA, has firmly opposed the call. Blatter said misjudgment is part of the game, as it makes a match more dramatic and can prompt heated debate. He also claimed that video technology may be ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... nephew of FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, said Wanda's investment will help his company improve its offerings in sports. The deal follows Wanda's acquisition of a 20 percent stake in Spanish soccer club Atlé ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
FIFA has cleared Russia and Qatar of corruption in their bids to host the World Cup, but its report only managed to fuel controversy. The former US prosecutor who led the investigation by soccer's gov ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-14
... d to host FIFA's Club World Cup next month, featuring Champions League winner Real Madrid, the report said. It doesn't expect many visitors from Ebola-affected regions. -- Contact us at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
... uring the FIFA World Cup period. Affected employees will receive severance pay in lieu of notice and special remuneration. Some posts will be eliminated through natural staff attrition and cutting of ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
... . He said FIFA, the football world governing body, has been too focused on racism and has not done enough to fight match-fixing. "I'm not saying FIFA shouldn't pump in so much money [to tackle racism] ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-28
... o won the FIFA Golden Ball as the best player of World Cup 2014, also proudly wears the number. As such, the number carries a sense of prestige, an air of respect. Rising stars of the beautiful game s ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
... d and the FIFA World Cup. -- Contact us at [email protected] VW/SK ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-16
... sseff and FIFA President Sepp Blatter, the report said. FIFA also does not foresee any major problems in Russia's preparations for the event, although the association's vice president Jeffrey Webb has ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-14
