Did Brazil's football boss spark murder of ex-BBC journalist?

'Blood-Stained Hands  of José Maria Marin'

Tuesday February 5, 2013

The Honoured Guest from Brazil in the front row of the Wembley Royal box on Wednesday night is accused in his home country of complicity in the gruesome torture and murder of Vladimir Herzog, a journalist who would not support the military dictatorship in the 1970s. [More]

When Blatter gave Warner

$20m World

Cup TV rights

Sunday January 29, 2012

This is the letter FIFA doesn’t want you to read. Written by general secretary Jérôme Valke (left), it reveals that Blatter bypassed FIFA’s committees to hand Warner a $20 million gift. [More]

Probe FIFA corruption before talk of reforms

Friday January 6, 2012: Reporters specialising in investigating FIFA corruption have been invited to meet with FIFA’s Independent Governance Committee, chaired by Professor Mark Pieth, to discuss ‘risk scenarios.’

After much discussion some have decided to decline the invitation. Here they list their criticisms – and argue that the priority is an immediate, independent investigation of serious allegations of corruption during the presidency of Sepp Blatter. And here is a similar opinion from another reporter.

Revealed – Blatter’s Spin Doctor Peter Hargitay Devises FIFA Reform ‘Road Map’

Friday January 6, 2012: Sources inside FIFA HQ in Zurich have confirmed that President Blatter’s survival plan has been created by his ‘Strategic Advisor’ Peter Hargitay, a man with a ‘colourful’ past who boasts that he can divert attention from damaging stories about his clients. And look who Blatter has appointed chair of FIFA’s Media Committee. It is new Executive Committee member Mohamed Raouraoua from Algeria, ranked at 135 in world press freedoms. [More]

Blatter pals win 2014 best tix

- without

tendering!

Sunday November 13, 2011

Even as Blatter pledges ‘reform,’ 450,000 tickets for Brazil World Cup with the price for luxury suites reaching $2.3 million have been awarded to Jaime Byrom (left) without any tender process because he is ‘the most suitable candidate.’ [More]

Bribes fear as London bids

To host 2017

Track champs

Sunday November 6, 2011

Track boss Lamine Diack allegedly took bribes from corrupt marketing company ISL and is under investigation by the IOC. Will he back London or Doha for the World Athletics Championships? [More]

Fifa’s Valcke backs Blazer

But for how

Much longer?

Sunday September 4, 2011

Is Blatter’s axeman Jérôme Valcke breaking Fifa rules when he refuses to forward complaints about Chuck Blazer’s financial ‘arrangements’ to the Ethics Committee. As support for Blazer evaporates, Mr Valcke may have to change his mind. [More]

Shock! Sepp Blatter speaks with forked tongue

Sunday September 4, 2011

Even as Blatter promises reforms – he secretly spends more Fifa money trying to suppress police report on bribes. But the legal clock is ticking and he is going to be exposed [More]

Queries for Chuck & Fifa

Sunday August 21, 2011

Fans group ChangeFifa is asking Fifa’s ethics committee to investigate Chuck Blazer’s football payments. And while Blatter talks of reform – look at who he appoints to his committees. [More]

Chuck’s world of offshore

bank accounts

Sunday August 14, 2011

FIFA drifts into more controversy as Chuck Blazer’s offshore affairs come under scrutiny. Why does he register his vintage Mercedes in FIFA’s name in Zurich? Has he told the US taxman about his unorthodox payments from football?  He certainly enjoys a wonderful lifestyle. [More]

Lucky Chuckie! Blazer takes

secret 10% on
sponsor deals

Sunday July 17, 2011

‘Whistleblower’ Chuck Blazer fearlessly exposed his friend Jack Warner’s involvement in a £1 million cash bribe scandal for FIFA votes. But Chuck is keeping secret that he got nearly $2 million last year in bonuses from Concacaf. [More]

Wacky Whacked Warner is now

Father of

His Nation!

Sunday 26 June, 2011

Is Jack Warner smokin’ dat stuff? As the world rejoices that he’s been evicted from FIFA he preaches to Trinidad about wonderful fathers – like him [More]

Why we all love Karene Asche:

Calypso Queen Mocks Warner

Saturday March 18, 2011

Trinidad’s $2 million Calypso Monarch for 2011 is Karene Asche who won the title with her powerful song about Jack Warner’s football rackets – while actors recreated attempts by reporter Andrew Jennings to confront the FIFA veep! Watch the video

The documents that FIFA

doesn’t want fans to read

Saturday December 18, 2010

Countries bidding for the World Cup were instructed by FIFA to make sometimes illegal promises – and not to tell their own parliaments and people. Read the secret documents here

Hargitay and his bully boys

threaten free speech again

Thursday December 16, 2010

Lawyers for London-based conman Peter Hargitay are at it again. He hates being reminded that he was locked up for 7 months in a Miami jail. Enjoy the article they want to ban – and uplift it to more sites. [More]

We name the 2010
World Cup Winners!

Saturday June 5, 2010

The view from South Africa’s investigative – and satirical -  Noseweek magazine.  Sorry, these winners aren’t footballers, they’re FIFA officials and relatives, friends and freeloaders. There’s Leo Mugabe and his cousin Phillip, Franco the IOC man who counts money, our old friend Tricky and Michal who can flag for offside every time the wrong team scores . . .[More]

Sunday June 6, 2010

If Sepp Blatter is telling the truth when he claims ‘The FIFA family is united and happy’ why is he promising unexpected lavish handouts to national associations? [More]

Is FIFA an Organised Crime Family?

Wednesday May 19, 2010

Blatter’s ‘football family’ ticks all the boxes that define organised crime. Their rackets are well-known – and crucially, they also have official protection from prosecution. [More]

Greedy IOC let Nazi Juan destroy the Games

Tuesday May 18, 2010

Ignore the gushing tributes, here’s the truth about the man who made right-arm raising the IOC’s favourite sport. [More]

Kickbacks & match-fixing: An everyday story of Olympic handball

Sunday April 18, 2010

Is Eygpt’s Hassan Moustafa the right man to lead handball? Will he clarify why he trousered that €600,000 – and why he didn’t turn up to give evidence to the CAS investigation into bent refereeing at the federation he presides over? [More]

Billionaire Lowy hires another Bagman: Is Oz 18/22 now ‘The Dirty Bid?’

Monday February 22, 2010: Exposed! Frank Lowy’s secret weapon to bring the World Cup to Australia. Germany’s ‘Mr Fixit’ Fedor Radmann, veteran of previous dodgy bids, is never far from scandal, conflicts of interest, confidential payments to ‘Trust accounts’ of powerful football officials . . . and suitcases of the folding stuff. [More]

Olympic Bosses try to ban Katia’s book

February 10, 2010

Criminal threat to Brazilian scholar who warns kids against drugs - but praises Olympic Idealism.

She says, ‘They want to go back to the time of the Inquisition.’ [More]

FIFA in turmoil as Blatter fires his last clean aide

Sunday January 17, 2010

Sepp Blatter’s FIFA is in chaos following the frenzied sacking of Jerome Champagne, one of the few clean senior executives remaining at the highest level of world football. If Blatter cannot resolve the growing problems of fans not being able to afford to travel to this year’s World Cup - his may be the next head on the block. [more]

Blatter ‘hits the bottle’ as fans boycott overpriced tickets

Sunday January 17, 2010

Rip-off World Cup ticket and hotel prices were intended to enrich Sepp Blatter’s friends and family at the expense of fans. But they’ve had enough of being exploited and are staying home. The majority of early ticket purchases were by travel agents who had booked rooms – and now can’t find buyers. Will this scandal end Blatter’s corrupt reign at FIFA? [more]

Kick Racism out of Football – and Racist Jack Warner as well

Sunday August 30, 2009

FIFA president Sepp Blatter claims he fights racism – but looks the other way when Jack Warner screams racist insults at a political meeting in Trinidad. Watch the shocking video.

And we reveal – Warner still refuses to pay millions of pounds owing to the 2006 Soca Warriors World Cup team. [More]

Who Poisoned AFC Voting?

Sunday 31 May, 2009

Will FIFA’s Ethics probe discover who planted the dirty rumours that FIFA boss Mohammed Bin Hammam’s opponents were offering bribes to vote him out? It could not have been Hammam’s ‘special advisor’ Peter Hargitay (left) because he doesn’t do that kind of thing. [Meet Peter]