List of Sports articles
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the world's football governing body in Zurich on June 2, 2015. Blatter resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss official, FIFA president for 17 years and only reelected days ago, said a special congress would be called to elect a successor. AFP PHOTO / VALERIANO DI DOMENICO (Photo credit should read VALERIANO DI DOMENICO/AFP/Getty Images) In Soccer, It’s Not Over Until After It’s Over
Sure, Sepp Blatter has stepped down — but will that actually change anything for FIFA?
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475628062 FIFA Chief Sepp Blatter Resigns as U.S. Investigation Closes In
FIFA president Sepp Blatter stuns the footballing world by resigning his post.
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475140828 Blatter Control: FIFA Head Wins New Term Despite Corruption Probe
A U.S. bribery probe can't bring down the most powerful man in international sports.
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464743814 FIFA’s Emperor Doesn’t Seem to Mind He Has No Clothes
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter doesn't seem very concerned about the bribery investigation that could knock him from the top of world sport.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and FIFA President Joseph Blatter attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup final football match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PEDRO UGARTE (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) Russia: U.S. FIFA Investigation Is Illegal, Extraterritorial Use of Law
Less than 24 hours after U.S. and Swiss authorities unveiled a sweeping investigation into corruption at the highest ranks of FIFA, including how the 2018 World Cup was awarded to Russia, Moscow is hitting back.
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474861600 With FIFA Indictment, U.S. Takes Aim at Russian and Qatari World Cups
The United States is taking aim at future World Cups in Russia and Qatar.
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467031862 960 Will FIFA’s Sepp Blatter Be Shown the Red Card?
As corruption indictments swirl, soccer’s governing body prepares for a vote of confidence in its CEO.
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fifa Senate Hawks Want a FIFA President Who’s Less Into Russia
Their main complaint: Swiss-born Blatter’s support for Russia’s hosting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, “despite Russia’s ongoing violations of Ukraine’s territorial integrity.”
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462516002 cropped Why Soccer’s Strongman Is a Bad Role Model for the World
FIFA's imperious president, Sepp Blatter, is poised to win a fifth term using the playbook of the world’s slickest dictators.
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466077591_960 Faster, Higher, More Oppressive
International mega-sporting events like the Olympics have become the playthings of authoritarian regimes. Is it too late to shine the spotlight on human rights abuses?
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462751784 International Patriots Fans Are Unhappy With Tom Brady’s Deflategate Punishment
Patriots fans around the world are outraged over Tom Brady's Deflategate punishment.
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Mark_Sanchez_Jets-Dolphin_game,_Nov_2009_-_024 If you weren’t pissed off at the NFL by now, you will be when you read this
You know all those “salute to the troops” stuff thrown up on football scoreboards? It turns out that the NFL charges for at least some of them. And we’re the chumps footing the bill.
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hunsen Cambodian PM Says He Won’t Pay Up on $5,000 Mayweather v. Pacquiao Bet
The comment is somewhat startling given that the Cambodian government forbids its citizens from gambling.
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FBL-WC2014-AFR-EGY-GHA Why Are Arabic Soccer Commentators So Damn Good?
Love, joy, Ben Arfa and the search for the perfect “GOOOOOOOOOOOOL.”
