January 16, 2014
Ricardo Teixeira: how 25 years of absolute power came to an end
Some 25 years ago this week – on January 16, 1989, to be exact - the now-notorious Ricardo Teixeira became president of the CBF, the Brazilian football confederation.
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January 16, 2014
Some 25 years ago this week – on January 16, 1989, to be exact - the now-notorious Ricardo Teixeira became president of the CBF, the Brazilian football confederation.
August 19, 2013
Ricardo Teixeira has made a flying visit back to Brazil just as his old friend, Barcelona president Sandro Rosell, faced new controversy over his own financial involvement with the CBF.
April 30, 2013
The report on the collapse of ISL and the ensuing scandal over the bribes taken by present and former members of FIFA, has finally been published.
January 25, 2013
At long last, FIFA’s executive committee will be confronted in March by as much of the truth as is ever likely emerge about the depth and breadth of the ISL scandal.
November 19, 2012
World football has not heard the last of Ricardo Teixeira, the long-time Brazilian football supreme deposed early this year but still apparently pulling strings from his exile in Miami.
July 16, 2012
With his position as FIFA president under scrutiny following the publication of the infamous ISL file, Sepp Blatter has come out fighting and even started making accusations about his detractors.
July 12, 2012
The publication of the long-awaited ISL file naming those within FIFA who accepted bribes, throws into question the credibility of both the FIFA reform programme and the new ethics system.
February 20, 2012
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.