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Swiss AG lied and covered up FIFA meeting, finds court

Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber has offered to resign after a court concluded he covered up a meeting with FIFA head Gianni Infantino and lied to supervisors while his office investigated corruption surrounding soccer's governing body.

Soccer • 24 Jul 20

All-Russian Athletics Federation former chief Valentin Balakhnichev

France seeks arrest of Russians over doping cover-up

The French financial prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for two former Russian athletics officials as part of its investigation into a doping cover-up involving Lamine Diack, the ex-boss of world athletics governing body the IAAF.

Athletics • 20 Mar 19

Football's world ruling body has b been best by corruption cases in recent years

FIFA loses $28m costs claim against jailed executives

FIFA's attempt to recoup almost $28 million in legal and investigative fees from two former South American football bosses has been rejected by a United States district judge.

Soccer • 21 Nov 18

Numerous forner FIFA officials have been banned for corruption

FIFA ban trio of former national presidents

FIFA has dished out life bans to the former presidents of the Guam, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan football associations for corruption, its ethics committee has announced.

Soccer • 21 Nov 17

Papa Massata Diack is one of three officials banned for life

Life-bans confirmed for trio of former IAAF officials

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed appeals from three senior IAAF officials who were banned for life for blackmailing athletes and covering up positive drugs tests.

Athletics • 21 Aug 17

Corruption scandals have dogged FIFA in recent years

Departing officials fear FIFA reform is over

FIFA has voted to replace its chief ethics investigator and top judge in a move the pair have claimed signals an end to the organisation's reform efforts.

Soccer • 09 May 17

FIFA ban former Guatemalan FA president for life

FIFA's ethics committee has banned former Guatemalan Football Association president Brayan Jimenez from all football-related activities for life.

Soccer • 03 Apr 17

Further tennis corruption prosecutions in 2016

Nine players and officials were sanctioned for corrupt behaviour by a beefed-up Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) last year with the lower levels of the game still cause for the greatest concerns.

Tennis • 12 Jan 17

Former FIFA vice-president guilty of corruption

Former FIFA vice-president Alfredo Hawit has pleaded guilty to four charges of corruption in a New York court.

Soccer • 11 Apr 16

Ronnie Flanagan has revealed it was an international team

International cricket team in spot-fixing probe

The International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit has prevented a potential spot-fixing scandal and is investigating an international team for alleged attempts to manipulate future matches, the chief of the unit has said.

Cricket • 07 Mar 16

The tennis world has been rocked by match-fixing claims

Tennis Integrity Unit cautious on gambling figures

The Tennis Integrity Unit has insisted that new data, which shows 73% of sporting events connected to suspicious betting activity last year were tennis matches, is not necessarily proof of corruption.

Tennis • 18 Feb 16

Disgraced former CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer, who has admitted corruption

CONCACAF in danger of being disbanded

The corruption-plagued governing body for soccer in North and Central America could be disbanded if it doesn’t clean up its act, its lawyers have warned.

Soccer • 15 Feb 16

The allegations that umpires colluded with illicit betting syndicates to manipulated live score data is another blow to a sport already reeling from a recent match-fixing scandal

Tennis rocked by another corruption scandal

The International Tennis Federation has revealed that two officials have been banned for corruption offences and four more are currently suspended.

Tennis • 09 Feb 16

Both Swiss and US authorities are investigating alleged corruption at FIFA

Switzerland probes possible FIFA money laundering

Swiss investigators are probing 53 possible money-laundering incidents as part of their investigation into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.

Soccer • 17 Jun 15

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