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MLS: "We will evaluate the possibility of growing the league to 28 teams" (Don Garber, commisioner)

"During the next few months, we will evaluate the possibility of growing the league to 28 teams and establish a process and timeline should we decide on further expansion." said Don Garber, the MLS Commisioner, following an owners' meeting of the North American league in Columbus (Ohio, USA), on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal
• Article # 57717
• Published on 07/12/15 at 17:14
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Platini: the UEFA memo is "great news for those who believe in justice" (J-M Aulas, O. Lyonnais)

The UEFA memo mentioning the role and remuneration of Michel Platini as an advisor to Joseph Blatter, the president of FIFA, is "great news, not just for Michel, but for all those who believe in justice," stated Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1) and member of the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 57731
• Published on 07/12/15 at 15:50
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FIFA: Juan Ángel Napout and Alfredo Hawit provisionally suspended by the Ethics Committee

"The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, has today banned two FIFA vice-presidents -- the president of CONMEBOL, Juan Ángel Napout, and the president of CONCACAF and of the Honduran Football Association (FENAFUTH), Alfredo Hawit, from all…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 57718
• Published on 07/12/15 at 14:41
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FIFA: a memo for a 1998 UEFA meeting talks about a "salary of 1m Swiss francs" for Michel Platini

"We hear about a salary of one million Swiss francs," reads a memo written a board meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee, dated 12/11/1998, a document which appears to indicate the role of Michel Platini at FIFA, five months after the election of Joseph Blatter of the international federation…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 57663
• Published on 07/12/15 at 10:36
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FIFA: "The scale of corruption alleged herein is unconscionable" (Loretta E. Lynch)

"The betrayal of trust set forth here is outrageous. The scale of corruption alleged herein is unconscionable. And the message from this announcement should be clear to every culpable individual who remains in the shadows, hoping to evade our investigation: You will not wait us out. You will not…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 57627
• Published on 04/12/15 at 17:30
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FIFA: Carrard report proposes reducing the number of standing committees from 26 to 9

"The number of permanent committees should be reduced from 26 to 9 to improve efficiency and ensure that all member associations are involved in more relevant, more efficient and more egalitarian in FIFA decision-making," stated the FIFA 2016 Reform Committee in its report (paragraph 18) dated…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 57604
• Published on 04/12/15 at 16:19
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FIFA: US Department of Justice indicts 16 additional officers of CONMEBOL and CONCACAF

"A 92-count superseding indictment was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging an additional 16 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with their participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Legal
• Article # 57582
• Published on 04/12/15 at 13:35
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FIFA: the new indictment from the Brooklyn federal court of 25/11/2015, published on 03/12/2015

The Brooklyn federal court (USA) published a new indictment, dated 25/11/2015, which accuses " 16 additional individuals of racketeering, financial fraud, money laundering and other offenses in part of business from the last 24 years which aimed to enrich themselves through the corruption in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Legal
• Article # 57580
• Published on 04/12/15 at 13:00
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FIFA: 36-member Council to replace the Executive Committee, President to become 'ambassador'

The separation of policy and management functions within FIFA is one of the key elements of the measures presented by the FIFA 2016 Reform Committee, and unanimously accepted by the Executive Committee, on 03/12/2015. To separate policy functions and executive functions, the Reform Committee…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 57524
• Published on 04/12/15 at 09:41
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FIFA: arrests of the presidents of the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL confirmed (Swiss Justice)

The Honduran Alfredo Hawit, president of CONCACAF, and the Paraguayan Juan Angel Napout, president of CONMEBOL, were arrested and detained for extradition to the United States, confirmed the Swiss Federal Office of Justice on 03/12/2015. The two men are among the eight vice-presidents of FIFA…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 57485
• Published on 03/12/15 at 17:37