The Irish Times

Fifa removed investigator on trail of Russia World Cup chief Vitaly Mutko

Cornel Borbély was examining doping allegations when tenure terminated

Thu Dec 07 2017 - 21:41

Fifa’s reliance on Russia summed up by weak response to IOC ban

Governing body’s willingness to let Vitaly Mutko run next year’s World Cup shows how ethically compromised it remains

Wed Dec 06 2017 - 19:32

Fifa report eases Qatar and Russia's World Cup fears

Organisers of World Cups in Russia and Qatar unlikely to be troubled by its details

Wed Jun 28 2017 - 01:06

Fifa publish Garcia report after ‘illegal leak’ to newspaper

Decision was made to ‘to avoid the dissemination of any misleading information’

Tue Jun 27 2017 - 17:16

Finger pointed at Gianni Infantino after Fifa ethics heads ousted

Eckert: ‘You have to ask Infantino why he made this proposal’

Wed May 10 2017 - 17:34

Fifa announce appointment of new ethics committee officials

Organisation confirm Europe will get three extra places at expanded 48-team World Cup

Tue May 09 2017 - 22:03

Former Fifa vice president Jeffrey Webb facing a lifetime ban

The Fifa Ethics Committee have opened proceedings, Webb was arrested in May 2015

Wed May 04 2016 - 14:12

Panama Papers raise questions over credibility of Fifa ethics committee

Leak reveals link between member and ex-vice president accused of corruption

Mon Apr 04 2016 - 10:46

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini could see bans increased

Fifa’s ethics investigatory chamber confirmed it is appealing duo’s suspensions

Tue Jan 12 2016 - 12:53

Jerome Valcke facing a nine-year suspension

Jerome Valcke is accused of violating nine counts of governing body’s ethics code

Tue Jan 05 2016 - 21:20

Sepp Blatter to appeal eight year ban from football

‘I’m sorry that I am still somewhere a punching ball. As president of Fifa’

Mon Dec 21 2015 - 11:15

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini facing seven year bans

The duo will hear their fate on Monday morning from Fifa’s adjudicatory chamber

Sun Dec 20 2015 - 16:57

Michel Platini won’t attend Fifa ethics committee hearing

Uefa president believes his fate, which he learns on Friday, has already been decided

Wed Dec 16 2015 - 13:32

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini could face seven-year bans

Duo likely to escape lifetime bans at Fifa disciplinary hearings

Mon Dec 14 2015 - 16:33

Blatter and Platini to have formal hearings this month

Investigators calling for six year bans for Fifa ethics breaches over £1.3 million payment

Mon Nov 23 2015 - 14:38

Fifa’s Sepp Blatter reveals he was ‘close to death’

‘I was close to death. I sat between angels singing and the fire of the devil’

Mon Nov 23 2015 - 10:02

Fifa’s ethics committee request sanctions for Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini

The pair had appeals against their bans dismissed by Fifa’s appeals committee

Sat Nov 21 2015 - 12:16

Jack Warner handed life ban from football

Former Fifa vice-president handed sanction by body’s ethics committee

Tue Sept 29 2015 - 12:49

Swiss investigating 53 cases of possible Fifa money laundering

Investigation could lead to revote on 2018 and 2022 World Cups and Blatter may be interviewed

Wed Jun 17 2015 - 11:57

Fifa’s woes of recent years: a timeline

Events building up to resignation of Sepp Blatter took place over lengthy period

Tue Jun 02 2015 - 19:44

Fifa plunged into unprecedented crisis after dawn arrests in Zurich

US Department of Justice confirm charges against 14 include racketeering and money laundering

Wed May 27 2015 - 06:41

Fifa under pressure over Hammam Qatar bidding role

Governing body’s head of security wants investigation into allegations of vote-trading pact

Thu Apr 23 2015 - 11:36

Qatar World Cup vote should be re-run, claims Council of Europe

Original Fifa process said to be ‘radically flawed’ due to corruption

Tue Jan 27 2015 - 22:44

Fifa and other authorities fail to protect whistleblowers

Garcia report and Lou Vincent case show how sport fails to encourage disclosure

Wed Dec 24 2014 - 01:00

Fifa vote on publication of Garcia report could be tight affair

Move to vote in favour of the release of a redacted version grows after resignation

Thu Dec 18 2014 - 15:21

Michael Garcia quits Fifa ethics committee in disgust

Michel Platini brands resignation of ethics committee chairman ‘a new failure’ for Fifa

Wed Dec 17 2014 - 20:21

Fifa tries to silence criticism in fallout from Garcia report

Michael Garcia says report was mis represented accurately by Hans-Joachim Eckert

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 23:00

Whistleblower says Fifa dismissal ‘emblematic of its culture of self-protection’

‘Woe be to any other person who cares enough to risk personal safety to report Fifa corruption’

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 17:09

Michael Garcia loses appeal against Fifa judge’s report summary

Ethics investigator claimed Hans-Joachim Eckert misrepresented ‘facts and conclusions” in his report

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 14:31

Fifa executive may vote on publishing of Garcia report

German Theo Zwanziger will formally put forward the proposal at the ExCo meeting in Marrakesh

Thu Dec 11 2014 - 19:41

Russia, Qatar and England accused of breaking Fifa rules over World Cup bids

Documents sent to British parliament relate to 2018 and 2022 bids

Sun Nov 30 2014 - 15:39

Wily Sepp Blatter lobs ball back into English FA’s court

Fifa boss says he is prepared to publish report on England’s 2018 World Cup bid

Thu Nov 20 2014 - 01:00

World Cup whistleblower offered FBI protection

Phaedra Almajid didn’t receive anonymity promised when giving Garcia report evidence

Wed Nov 19 2014 - 22:06

Blatter rejects Dyke’s demands to publish Garcia report

Comes day after Fifa lodge a criminal complaint over 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids

Wed Nov 19 2014 - 16:22