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- Swiss bank to pay almost $80MN fine after admitting to money laundering charges linked to bribery scheme of football officials
Julius Baer, the third largest bank in Switzerland, has been ordered to pay a fine of more than $40 million and forfeit another $36 million after being found to have laundered money which was paid as bribes to football officials. - As football fans laugh at the thought of a FIFA World Cup every two years, will European Super League-style doomed ideas ever end?Just when the failed European Super League seemed to have missed out on fatally damaging the reputation of elite football, a World Cup every two years has become a new topic of derision. Fans and players deserve better than this.
- Super League rebels Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus lash out at UEFA as they cling to project despite threat of two-year banDefiant European Super League rebels Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus have refused to give up on the project while hitting out at UEFA after the governing body sanctioned nine fellow founder members of the ill-fated scheme.
- ‘So out of touch’: Elderly billionaire Real Madrid president Perez claims young people shun football and ‘in 2024 we are all dead’Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has been slammed for being "so out of touch" following comments made in an interview on Spanish television attempting to justify the creation of the controversial new European Super League.
- ‘We had no choice’: FIFA launches criminal complaint against ex-boss Blatter over ‘suspicious $554MN football museum finances’Digraced ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter could face charges over a museum in Switzerland after the organization made a complaint following a "forensic audit", revealing a building restoration and rent agreement cost $554 million.
- Corona KO: FIFA president Gianni Infantino TESTS POSITIVE for COVID-19A statement from football's world governing body has revealed that the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, has tested positive for COVID-19.
- Bolivia out to 'eat the liver' of Lionel Messi and Argentina in World Cup qualifier at 3,600 meters above sea levelBolivia will be out to give Lionel Messi and Argentina a tough time on Tuesday when they face off in a high-altitude FIFA World Cup qualifying match in La Paz.
- Lock them up: Prosecutors call for JAIL TERMS for Jerome Valcke and Nasser Al-Khelaifi over FIFA corruption scandalProsecutors in the trial of ex-FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and PSG president and chairman of beIN Sports, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, have called for both men to be given jail sentences for corruption over World Cup TV rights.
- 'The situation is clear': Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter calls for successor to be SUSPENDED as criminal proceedings beginDisgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has reacted strongly to the news that criminal proceedings have been brought against his successor, Gianni Infantino, saying FIFA's ethics commission has no option but to suspend him.
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