FIFA hands fresh suspensions to Blatter and Valcke
FIFA has issued the governing body’s former President Sepp Blatter a six year and eight month ban from all football-related activities at national and...
FIFA launches UNODC-backed Global Integrity Programme
FIFA has teamed up with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to launch a FIFA Global Integrity Programme, setting an objective...
Betting companies ‘must continue their efforts’ to protect the integrity of...
Betting companies should play a central role in the fight for integrity in sports, particularly relating to gambling-affiliated corruption, according to the CEO of...
Sports piracy costing rights holders $28.3b a year, report finds
Sports rights holders and streaming services have lost around $28.3 billion due to piracy, new research by Synamedia and Ampere Analysis has found.The report, titled ‘Pricing...
DCMS calls for justification over the BBC’s venture into MMA
The UK government has called on the BBC to justify its broadcast arrangement with mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion Bellator amid the current debate...
Premier League and Europol disassemble ‘world’s largest’ illegal sports stream
The Premier League has helped La Liga, Europol, and the Spanish police to shut down one of the ‘world’s largest’ piracy operations, Mobdro.In October 2018, the...
Nottingham Forest ‘in talks’ with Football Index after firm enters administration
EFL Championship club Nottingham Forest are reportedly in talks with current front-of-shirt sponsor Football Index, after the firm entered administration this week.Forest first signed...
‘No room for wrongdoing’ in FIFA, says governing body President
There is ‘no room for wrongdoing’ in ‘the new FIFA’, according to the governing body’s President, Gianni Infantino.Speaking at the 14th United Nations Congress...
Thomas Bach re-elected for second IOC term as 2020 Agenda reviewed
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Thomas Bach, has been re-elected to serve a second four-year term of office after running unopposed for the post.The...
Newcastle United rebuffed by High Court amid Premier League legal battle
Newcastle United owner and British billionaire Mike Ashley is still hoping to push through Saudi Arabia’s proposed Public Investment Fund (PIF) takeover bid, with the...