Tag: South Africa
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FAI took bribe to stop legal action against Henry handball
Embed from Getty Images More sensational news has broken in the wake of the FIFA corruption investigations, with claims the FAI took bribe to stop legal action against the Thierry Henry handball incident. It emerged yesterday that the FAI, Football Association of Ireland, accepted a bribe from FIFA believed to be €5m (£3.6m) to stop them…
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Blatter throws in the towel, or is he running scared?
Embed from Getty Images Sensational news has come out this afternoon with Sepp Blatter resigning his position as president of FIFA days after being re-elected. This stunning turn of events takes place with football’s governing body in the midst of a corruption storm, with many top-ranking officials being indicted to the US as we reported…
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FA boss Dyke wants Blatter out of FIFA
Embed from Getty Images FA Boss Greg Dyke has this morning called for the resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter. This follows on from our story yesterday of 6 FIFA officials being arrested on bribery charges totaling over $100m dollars since 1990. Since then the number of indicted officials has risen to 18, with FIFA…
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AFCON 2015: Algeria beat South Africa
Algeria came from behind to beat 3-1 win over South Africa in their Africa Cup of Nations opening tie this evening. The two teams started the game in poor form, failing to create any clear cut chances but the lively Yacine Brahimi sent his effort goalwards, only to be denied by Darren Keet. Midway through…
