The president of the Dominican Soccer Association, Osiris Guzman, has been suspended for 30 days by the FIFA Ethics Commission, in relation to a potential bribery case. On August 11, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) initiated proceedings against 16 managers of the Caribbean Soccer Union who were suspected of taking US$40,000 in bribes in [...]
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MEXICO CITY — Friday was opening day for Mexico´s first Pan American Games since 1975. During the games, athletes from across the Americas will be guarded by unmanned drones, infrared-equipped Black Hawk helicopters, hundreds of surveillance cameras and more than 11,000 police officers, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. It’s the first time in near [...]
The recent measures taken by FIFA to curb corruption in the entity are insufficient, the anti corruption NGO Transparency International said Tuesday. Invited by FIFA to propose reforms, the NGO suggested the organization that runs the football world should conduct independent investigations into allegations of corruption made in the recent past, so that FIFA can fight [...]
2011 Aug 16 | Posted in
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A series of security incidents that happened here during the Military World Games cast shadow over the two biggest international sport events that Brazil is going to host — 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics. Four armed men broke into one of Rio de Janeiro’s luxurious hotels and robbed guests including foreign tourists before [...]
2011 Jul 31 | Posted in
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FIFA announced hiring former FBI director Louis Freeh to assist FIFA’s Ethics Committee in examining bribery claims and possibly collect evidence against the world soccer governing body’s suspended former executives Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner. The Qatari Hammam was accused of offering about U.S. $ 63 000 to members of the Football Confederation of [...]
The english football player David Beckham was involved in a car accident on Friday near Torrence, Calif., the California Highway Patrol tells PEOPLE. The football star was traveling south on the 405 Freeway Friday morning when…READ MORE HERE
The Army has a project of $ 1,3 billion dollars in order to equip the brazilian military with better intelligence systems and preventing and combating terrorism in the country. The aim is to ensure that the military be prepared to act in the safety of World Cup 2014 and 2016 Olympics, to be held in [...]
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President Rousseff met with the governor and the mayor of Sao Paulo’s capital, on Friday, and she expressed her hope that the opening ceremony and inaugural soccer game of the 2014 World Cup will be played at the Sao Paulo stadium to be built by the brazilian football team Corinthians. The Sports Minister Orlando Silva [...]
Uruguay vs Brazil was the decisive match of the final group stage at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. The match was played at the Estadio do Maracana in Rio de janeiro, Brazil, on 16 July 1950. With Brazil one point ahead of Uruguay going into the match, Uruguay needed a win while Brazil needed only [...]
2011 Feb 27 | Posted in
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association soccer tournament that is scheduled to take place in June and July 2014 in Brazil. The inauguration will take place in Sao Paulo, instead of Rio. This will be the second time the country has hosted the competition, the first [...]
