Uncertainty over the future of Brazil’s football supremo, Ricardo Teixeira, has raised fears over the country’s capacity to host a successful World Cup.
Keir Radnedge
Brazil’s World Cup preparations: one step forward two steps back
Posted 7 days ago
Just when FIFA thought Brazil was making significant progress in its planning for the 2014 World Cup finals, more bad news arrives.
Gone but not forgotten: Jack Warner’s poisonous legacy
Posted 9 days ago
The whereabouts of missing money intended for emergency relief in Haiti, raises fresh questions about the role played by the disgraced former FIFA vice president Jack Warner.
Buoyant Bundesliga gives Platini plenty to smile about
Posted 14 days ago
With two clubs in the Top 10 of the Deloitte Football Money League for the first time in 14 years, Germany’s Bundesliga is proof that good sense pays off both on and off the pitch.
Misdiagnosis that jeopardised Ronaldo’s health
Posted 16 days ago
When Brazil’s medical staff declared that Ronaldo was fit to play in the 1998 World Cup final, they were taking a huge gamble with the player’s health.
Egypt post-mortem begins amid claims of premeditated attacks
Posted 21 days ago
The deaths of 74 fans at the end of an Egyptian league game in Port Said between Al Masry and champions Al Ahly, have led to accusations of sinister, politically-motivated forces at work in the country.
Platini comes to the aid of ‘wounded’ Blatter
Posted 23 days ago
Michel Platini believes football must present a united front if is is to combat the threat to it’s integrity posed by criminal elements.
Russia’s centenary party kicks off a decade of sport
Posted 27 days ago
Since winning the right to host the 2018 World Cup, Russia has continued to build a sporting legacy for the country.
Defiant Blatter comes out fighting
Posted 30 days ago
Sepp Blatter believes that FIFA does not the credit it deserves when things go right, and takes too much blame when things go wrong.
Huge debt may be the lasting legacy for hosts of of Euro 2012
Posted 34 days ago
The Euro 2012 finals will go ahead as scheduled, but one of the host nations, Ukraine, looks like it will be paying a heavy price for years to come.
