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FIFA: extraordinary congress of the Executive Committee to take place in Zurich (SUI) on 20/10/2015

"FIFA can confirm that the Executive Committee will meet in Zurich (SUI) on Tuesday 20/10/2015, for an extraordinary congress," announced the international federation on 09/10/2015. "The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president and FIFA vice-president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (BHR…
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FIFA: Issa Hayatou (CAM), acting president, suggests a change in the electoral calendar

"If the reform commission decides that the timetable is too short to conduct the elections, it could make proposals to the Executive Committee of FIFA to change the electoral calendar," said Issa Hayatou (69 years old), now the acting president of FIFA, to RFI (Radio France International) on…
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UEFA: "The Executive Committee expressed its full confidence in UEFA president Michel Platini"

"The UEFA Executive Committee expressed its full confidence in UEFA president, Michel Platini, and stands fully behind him," announced the European football confederation, in a statement issued in the late afternoon on 08/10/2015. Michel Platini, UEFA president, was suspended for a period of 90…
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FIFA: Blatter, Platini and Valcke suspended for 90 days, while Chung Mong-joon is handed 6 year ban

Joseph Blatter (SUI), the FIFA president, Michel Platini (FRA), the UEFA president, and Jerome Valcke (FRA), the FIFA secretary general (already placed on leave) have been suspended for 90 days, announced the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee on 08/10/2015. These suspensions may be…
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FIFA: Joseph Blatter and Michel Platini suspended 90 days "of any activity in football"

Joseph Blatter (SUI), the FIFA president, Michel Platini (FRA), the UEFA president, and Jerome Valcke (FRA), the FIFA secretary geveral (already placed on leave) have been suspended for 90 days, announced the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee on 08/10/2015. These suspensions may be…
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FIFA: "I plan to sue President Blatter, and the money should go back to FIFA" (Chung Mong-joon)

"I plan to sue President Blatter for embezzlement in court. I asked him in 2002 for (details of) his salary and expenses. He refused. For him to be paid without the Executive Committee’s approval is embezzlement," stated Chung Mong-joon, the keynote speaker at the Leaders In Sport summit at…
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FIFA: "I assure you that I will stop on 26/02/2016, but not a day before" (Joseph Blatter)

"I assure you that I will stop on 26/02/2016. At that time, it will really be over. But not a day before. Until then, we need to find the right candidate who will be a great president," stated Joseph Blatter, FIFA president, on 07/10/2015. 26/02/2016 is the date of the extraordinary FIFA Congress…
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FIFA: "Michel Platini cannot make a change because he is also part of the system" (Javier Tebas)

"Football is in hands of bureaucrats. For a revolution to happen, it is not enough to change the rules or change committees, we need a cultural revolution. Michel Platini (FRA) cannot make a change because he is also part of the system, though not at the same level," said Javier Tebas, president…
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FIFA: Franz Beckenbauer supports the Tokyo Sexwale as a possible presidential candidate

"I certainly believe that the German Football Association would support his (Tokyo Sexwale's) candidacy. It has the air of neutrality, and therefore I think it would be a good solution," said Franz Beckenbauer, the honorary president of FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) and former member of the FIFA…
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