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Former FIFA secretary general Valcke and BeIN sports chairman indicted
ZURICH (Reuters) - Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and the chairman of Qatar-based media group BeIN Sports, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, have been charged in connection with the award of television rights for the World Cup and Confederations Cup, Swiss prosecutors said on Thursday.
Michael Avenatti pleads not guilty to new Nike extortion indictment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to an indictment accusing him of trying to extort as much as $25 million from Nike Inc
Former Pakistan batsman Jamshed pleads guilty to bribery offences: report
(Reuters) - Former Pakistan cricketer Nasir Jamshed will be sentenced in February after pleading guilty in a British court to conspiring to bribe other players to spot-fix a Twenty20 match, the BBC has reported.
Switzerland to return soccer cash stashed at Swiss banks to South America
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors are preparing to return money to the South American soccer association that was seized from Swiss bank accounts during a sweeping global probe of corruption involving world soccer officials.
FIFA promises more transparency in ethics, disciplinary decisions
ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA has promised to publish more details and give clearer explanations when announcing verdicts in disciplinary and ethics cases, the global soccer body said on Thursday.
Former CONCACAF head Sanz given life ban for bribery - FIFA
(Reuters) - Enrique Sanz, the former general secretary of North American soccer's governing body CONCACAF, has been banned from any football-related activity for life after being found guilty of bribery, FIFA said on Tuesday.
Qatar considering bid for 2030 Asian Games
DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar is considering a bid for the 2030 Asian Games but has not formally thrown its hat in the ring, a Qatar Olympic Association (QOC) official told Reuters on Monday, its latest effort to establish Doha as a major sports capital.
FIFA bans former Paraguayan football president for life
ZURICH (Reuters) - World soccer body FIFA's independent ethics committee on Thursday banned former Paraguayan football president Juan Angel Napout from the sport for life and fined him one million Swiss francs (819,406.13 pounds) for bribery.
Exclusive: French investigators focus on Dentsu partner in sports corruption probe
NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - French authorities investigating corruption in international sports believe a Swiss partner of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Inc played a "central and essential role" in deals used to embezzle sponsorship money and have asked Switzerland to raid its office and seize evidence, according to a person with knowledge of the probe and documents related to the case reviewed by Reuters.
Five excited about ICC kick-off
BALAMOORALI Thiagarajan has always dreamt of watching his favourite Juventus player Paulo Dybala in action. Now, he has every reason to smile after winning tickets to watch the International Champions Cup (ICC) in Singapore next month.
