Suspended UEFA chief Michel Platini on Thursday withdrew from the race to become FIFA president, saying he will concentrate on clearing his name instead.
Michel Platini told AFP in an interview Tuesday that he is determined to fight for the FIFA presidency and to clear his name after being banned for eight years.
A FIFA ethics tribunal on Monday banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years saying they had abused their positions over a suspect 2 million Swiss franc payment.
FIFA's ethics watchdog will on Monday give a verdict against Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini with both facing lengthy bans over a suspect two million dollar payment.
El Salvador's former national football chief, Reynaldo Vásquez, was arrested Wednesday as part of a U.S. probe into multimillion-dollar corruption at FIFA, a senior Salvadoran police official said.
After months of appealing an extradition ruling, former Costa Rica football executive Eduardo Li has agreed to be extradited from Switzerland to the United States, where he faces charges of money laundering and wire fraud.
Former Honduran President Rafael Callejas left in a private jet for the United States on Monday to face charges raised as part of the FIFA corruption scandal, Foreign Minister Arturo Corrales said.
While former Costa Rica football exec Eduardo Li sits in a Swiss jail awaiting possible extradition to the U.S. to face money laundering charges, trouble may be brewing at home, too.
Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) continues to enforce a ban on nighttime operations at most aerodromes, pointing to reports of activities...
Costa Rican authorities arrested a Canadian man accused of leading a large-scale drug and weapons operation in British Columbia. Jesse Michael Valentino Bou-Saleh, 35,...
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez said Friday that over 600 inmates have been released, far more than estimated by rights groups, who are demanding...
