Tag: FIFA

Highlighting the importance of sports in relation to national pride, Emanuel de Medeiros said only a clean, corruption-free sports industry can keep that essence. (AP Photo)Â

Panel: Sports industry rife with scandal

Nathan Rubbelke · June 26, 2015 5:06 pm

The sports industry needs more supervision and transparency, former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said Thursday. (AP Photo)

Former Commerce chief: FIFA scandal shows need for more supervision in sports

Nathan Rubbelke · June 25, 2015 6:44 pm

USA Bid Committee present Sepp Blatter, FIFA president with their Bid Book during the 2018/2022 World Cup Bid Book Handover ceremony at FIFA Headquarters on May 2010 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

FIFA to delay 2026 World Cup bidding process

Kelly Cohen · June 10, 2015 12:26 pm

"Should evidence be present that the awarding to Qatar and Russia only came about with bought votes, then the awarding could be void," Domenico Scala, the head of FIFA's audit and compliance committee, said Monday.

FIFA: No legal grounds to take World Cup away from Russia, Qatar

Kelly Cohen · June 9, 2015 12:18 pm

FBI to investigate Russia, Qatar World Cup bids

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 7:58 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Headless FIFA

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2015 8:00 pm

"No one is going to tell me that it was a simple coincidence, this American attack two days before the elections of FIFA. It doesn't smell good," Sepp Blatter said Friday.(AP Photo)

Embattled, re-elected FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticizes US for corruption investigation

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 6:49 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Money ball

Washington Examiner · May 29, 2015 8:00 pm

The pretext for U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch's prosecutorial intervention in international soccer is the use of the American financial system and occasional travel by its perpetrators. (AP Photo)Â

Dear Europe, you’re welcome. Again.

Washington Examiner · May 29, 2015 4:12 am

GOAL! Obama scores foreign policy victory through FIFA busts

GOAL! Obama scores foreign policy victory through FIFA busts

Charles Hoskinson · May 29, 2015 4:01 am

Walter De Gregorio, FIFA Director of Communications and Public Affairs, addresses the media during a press conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Swiss federal prosecutors opened criminal proceedings related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, throwing FIFA deeper into crisis only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested and 14 indicted Wednesday in a separate U.S. corruption probe. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)

U.S. hits top FIFA officials with corruption charges

Kelly Cohen · May 27, 2015 12:16 pm

Fallon spotlights cons of graduating from college that accurately reflect post-grad job market

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Fallon spotlights cons of graduating from college that accurately reflect post-grad job market

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2015 3:19 pm