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FIFA scandal: Argentine firm agrees to $112.8 mn settlement
Argentine sports marketing company Torneos y Competencias S.A. agreed Tuesday to pay $112.8 million to settle charges in the United States stemming from a massive FIFA corruption scandal, authorities said.
Football: Disrespectful Infantino won't answer my calls, says Blatter
Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says successor Gianni Infantino has showed him no respect by failing to return his phone calls.
Football: FIFA bans Qatari official from Asian vote
World football body FIFA bans a senior Qatari official from running in elections for a seat on its new-look council over an investigation.
FIFA proposes fine in 2006 WC bid probe
FIFA's ethics committee has recommended former German FA secretary general Helmut Sandrock be fined 50,000 Swiss francs
Swiss launch probe on Kaiser
Authorities in Zurich open criminal proceedings against German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer.
Top Kenyan Olympic committee official arrested
Kenyan police arrest the secretary-general of the country's Olympic committee (NOCK) in the wake of a series of scandals and embarrassments at the Rio Games.
Arrests of IOC official, swimmers overshadow Rio Olympics
Brazilian police arrest two US swimmers and a top International Olympic Committee official as scandal overshadows the Rio Games.
'Good v Evil' again as Bolt, Gatlin ready for 100m duel
The battle to be crowned world's fastest man takes centre stage at the Rio Olympics on Sunday with Usain Bolt facing another showdown with Justin Gatlin where the image of athletics will be on the line.
King beats Efimova to gold
American teenager Lilly King celebrates stopping tainted Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova from getting an Olympic gold as doping hostilities worsen in Rio.
Misbah backs Amir to come good on England tour
Mohammad Amir can still become the best bowler in the world despite serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing, Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan's Test captain, opined on Monday (June 27).
Arrestees are Indian businessman, IT expert
The two Indian nationals, who have been arrested according to local police on alleged rape charges in Harare, are businessman and IT expert, reports The Indian Express.
IAAF votes to keep Russia banned
World athletics' governing body decides to maintain its doping ban on all Russian athletes, Sky News reported, quoting unnamed sources.
Younis unfazed by familiar foes
Pakistan's top Test batsman Younis Khan has brushed aside the threat posed by England's in-form pace attack as his team prepares to return to the scene of an infamous spot-fixing scandal in 2010.
FIFA chief slams 'enemies' painting him as 'greedy'
FIFA's new chief Gianni Infantino accuses "enemies" of trying to paint him as greedy, and voices surprise at revelations that his disgraced predecessor and his deputies awarded themselves millions in dubious bonuses.
FIFA seeks 2-year ban for former DFB boss
FIFA's ethics committee on Friday recommend a two-year ban from all football activities for Wolfgang Niersbach, former president of the German Football Association (DFB), over an alleged corruption scandal around the right to host the 2006 World Cup.
FIFA audit chief quits
The head of FIFA's independent audit committee Domenico Scala quit Saturday in protest at what he called attacks on reforms of the scandal-tainted world football governing body by its leadership.
Fatma vows to restore image
FIFA's new secretary general Fatma Samoura on Saturday vows "to help football restore its tarnished image" following a spate of scandals within the game's world governing body.
New Zealand stadium announcer reprimanded for Amir taunt
New Zealand Cricket have admonished a stadium announcer for taunting Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir during the third T20 on Friday.
Former South Africa cricketer charged with matchfixing
A former South African national player has been charged with corruption involving match-fixing, ESPNcricinfo has learned.