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Blatter-Platini case: FIFA rejects the appeals, but reduces the suspension from eight to six years

"The FIFA Appeal Committee, chaired by Larry Mussenden (Bermuda), has partially confirmed the decisions taken by the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee on 17 and 18/12/2015 (communicated on 21/12/2015) regarding Joseph S. Blatter and Michel Platini respectively, whose bans…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63271
• Published on 25/02/16 at 09:09
©  D.R.
FIFA: Sepp Blatter, 8th president, elected on 08/06/1998, suspended 08/10/2015, replaced 26/02/2016

"I'm tired of being called 'the suspended president'. Now I am the former president and the suspension is useless," said, on 24/02/2016, Joseph Blatter, the FIFA president suspended from duty and from any activity in football since 08/10/2015. "All the Congress stood to applaud me, it was great…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 63242
• Published on 24/02/16 at 18:05
©  DC
FIFA: Executive Committee unanimously recommends the Congress to adopt the governance reforms

The FIFA Executive Committee unanimously urged national federations meeting for the Congress in Zurich on 26/02/2016 to adopt all the governance reforms contained in the draft for the new FIFA statutes, announced the international body after the Executive Committee meeting on 24/02/2016. In…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63245
• Published on 24/02/16 at 17:30
©  AFC
FIFA: English MP accuses Sheikh Salman of having fraudulently used aid money in 2009

"In August 2009, Sheikh Salman, then Bahrain Football Association president, was accused of using FIFA-financed sports development budgets to fund his unsuccessful campaign for the FIFA Executive Committee election. A leaked letter received by the Al Bilad newspaper (Bahrain) claimed that Sheikh…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63197
• Published on 24/02/16 at 15:29
©  RFC Seraing
TPO: Belgian second division club RC Seraing sanctioned by FIFA with two-year transfer ban

The FIFA Appeal Committee rejected, on 22/02/2016, the appeal of the Belgian club RFC Seraing (Proximus League) and confirmed in its entirety the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, on 17/09/2015, which had sanctioned the club to a transfer ban, both nationally and internationally, of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 63157
• Published on 24/02/16 at 13:25
©  Atlético de Madrid
Copa del Rey: the final between Barça-Sevilla to be played at the Vicente Calderón, on 22/05/2016

The Estadio Vicente Calderón (Madrid, 54,900 seats) will host the final of the 2015-16 Copa del Rey between FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) and Sevilla FC (Liga BBVA) on Sunday 22/05/2016, announced the RFEF, following a technical meeting between the Spanish Federation and the two finalist clubs on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 63164
• Published on 24/02/16 at 12:38
©  FIFA
FIFA: 20 questions on the governance reforms to be submitted to the Congress in Zurich on 26/02/2016

The FIFA Congress will convene in Zurich (SUI), on 26/02/2016, in order to decide on a set of reforms including: a president of FIFA that "shall aim to foster a positive image of FIFA and ensure that its missions are protected and advanced," a FIFA Executive Committee replaced by a FIFA Council of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 63045
• Published on 24/02/16 at 10:20
©  D.R.
FIFA: CAS to decide on the request to postpone the election no later than the morning of 25/02/2016

"The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an appeal and request for urgent provisional measures filed by Prince Ali Al Hussein of Jordan against a decision taken by the FIFA Ad-hoc Electoral Committee dated 15/02/2016 in which it declined to incorporate the use of transparent voting…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63133
• Published on 23/02/16 at 18:00
©  FIFA
The election of the ninth president of FIFA, in Zurich (SUI), on 26/02/2016

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (Jordan), Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (Bahrain), Jérôme Champagne (France), Gianni Infantino (Switzerland / Italy) and Tokyo Sexwale (South Africa) are the five candidates in the running to replace Joseph Blatter as the president of FIFA, at the Extraordinary…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63119
• Published on 23/02/16 at 17:29
©  FIFA
FIFA: Prince Ali asks the Court of Arbitration for Sport to postpone the presidential elections

"We are seeking provisional measures before CAS to suspend the coming election on Friday 26/02/2016," announced Francis Szpiner and Renaud Semerdjian, the lawyers of Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, one of the five candidates for the FIFA presidency, on 23/02/2016. This request follows the rejection by…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63086
• Published on 23/02/16 at 14:51