March 16, 2017
All change in Africa as Ahmad sweeps Hayatou from power after 29 years
Ahmad Ahmad's victory brings to an end Issa Hayatou's 29-year stranglehold on African football.
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Opinions from some of football’s leading voices
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March 15, 2017
As election time beckons, Hayatou’s dominance of African football could soon be over
Issa Hayatou has dominated African football politics for almost 30 years, but his days as president of CAF could be over tomorrow.
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March 13, 2017
CAS judgement lays bare the extent of Sepp Blatter’s misuse of Fifa funds
The manner in which Sepp Blatter played fast and loose with FIFA money has been laid bare by the written judgment of his vain appeal to CAS against his six-year ban from football.
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March 13, 2017
New statutes creates Uefa vacancy on Fifa Council
Withdrawal of Icelandic candidate sees UEFA in confusion ahead of elections to pick its delegates to the FIFA Council.
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March 10, 2017
Russia 2018 World Cup chief Mutko denied place on Fifa Council
Russian sports supremo Vitaly Mutko has been barred from standing for re-election to the governing council of world football federation FIFA.
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March 7, 2017
Sanchez vs Wenger: a battle where intransigence meets incompetence
Arsene Wenger's bust-up with Alexis Sanchez has exposed the fault lines at a club which is teetering on the brink of crisis.
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March 3, 2017
Remembering Raymond Kopa, the Napoleon of football
Raymond Kopa, first great French footballer on the world stage ahead of Michel Platini and then Zinedine Zidane, has died at 85.
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February 28, 2017
Jerome Valcke takes his appeal against 10-year ban from football to CAS
Sepp Blatter's right-hand man, who was banned from football for 10 years, has one last chance to clear his name.
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February 28, 2017
Ranieri deserves great sympathy, but in football patience cannot be infinite
Claudio Ranieri deserves sympathy but Leicester could not afford to be sentimental, argues Brian Glanville.
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February 28, 2017
AFC revives expulsion threat to Israel over treatment of Palestine
Asian confederation may revive calls for Israel to be expelled from Fifa.
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February 21, 2017
Wenger deserves credit for his longevity, but not for being Arsenal’s best ever manager
Brian Glanville says there is no coming back from the Bayern Munich rout for Arsene Wenger, a man he admires, but does not regard as Arsenal's finest manager.
