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Football Associations ask Fifa to delay election
May 31, 2011The Football Association and the Scottish Football Association have called for Fifa to postpone its presidential election. Current president Sepp Blatter is the only candidate for the 1 June election after Mohamed Bin Hammam's withdrawal. The FA now...
Qatar's Bin Hammam accused of buying 2022 World Cup
May 30, 2011Suspended Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has made public an e-mail that claims Mohamed Bin Hammam "bought" the 2022 World Cup finals for Qatar. The e-mail, seemingly from Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke, also questions why Asian confederation...
Fifa: Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar ends presidential bid
May 29, 2011Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar says he has pulled out of the race to head football's world governing body, Fifa. The move came hours before the 62-year-old Asian Football Confederation chief was due to face an ethics committee hearing into bribery claims...
Fifa begins ethics inquiry into Bin Hammam & Jack Warner
May 25, 2011Fifa is investigating allegations against four officials, including vice-president Jack Warner and presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam. The allegations, including bribery, were made by executive committee member Chuck Blazer. Blazer claims Fifa...
Qatar may lose the right to organize football World Cup 2022
May 20, 2011Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- FIFA President Sepp Blatter has confirmed that it will initiate an inquiry to investigate the British newspapers, Sunday Times, revelations according to which certain members of the Executive Committee had been bribed by officials...
London 2012 Olympic torch relay route
May 18, 2011The first 74 locations on the 2012 Olympics torch relay route, starting at Land's End, have been revealed. The route, which covers every nation and region in the UK and includes island visits, will see the Olympic torch travel 8,000 miles (12,800 km...
Diego Maradona agrees to manage Dubai team Al Wasl
May 17, 2011Diego Maradona has been appointed as the new manager of United Arab Emirates club Al Wasl. The Dubai-based outfit claimed the Argentine legend has agreed a two-year deal starting next season. Maradona, who led Argentina to the quarter-finals of the...
Kenya Olympic marathon star Sammy Wanjiru dies in fall
May 16, 2011The Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, Samuel "Sammy" Wanjiru, has died after falling from a balcony at his home in the Rift Valley town of Nyahururu. National police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said it appeared he had killed himself. The 24-year...
Golf great Seve Ballesteros dies at 54
May 08, 2011Seve Ballesteros, one of golf's most gifted and charismatic players, has died after a long battle with cancer. The 54-year-old passed away surrounded by his family at his home in Pedrena, northern Spain, in the early hours of Saturday morning. Ballesteros...
David Beckham unhurt in Los Angeles road accident
May 08, 2011David Beckham has escaped injury after being involved in a car accident on a busy Los Angeles motorway. Beckham's Cadillac was in collision with a vehicle which had broken down in the car-sharing lane, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman said. The...