FIFA president Blatter to decide before June whether to run again

Sepp Blatter will make a decision on whether to run for a fifth term as FIFA president before this year's Congress in Sao Paulo in June, the Swiss said on Thursday."Let me repeat what I have been......

Former FIFA boss Havelange named in bribe case

Ex-FIFA President Joao Havelange and his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira took multi-million dollar bribes on World Cup deals, Swiss prosecutors said in a legal document released on Wednesday,......

Budget for 2016 Rio Olympics up 27 percent to $2.93 billion

The operating budget for the Olympics and Paralympic Games in 2016 has jumped 27 percent to seven billion Brazilian reals.Officials told a news conference on Thursday the new total for the combined......

Most expensive Brazil World Cup stadium has leaking roof

The most expensive of the 12 stadiums built or revamped for the 2014 World Cup has a leaking roof less than eight months after it was finished, the stadium's operators said on Tuesday. Secopa, the......

Boycott of FIFA could splinter soccer

FIFA has been plagued by a wave of scandals and controversy Boycott unlikely to gather much support outside Europe Image: A camera is seen by the FIFA logo outside the FIFA headquarters.......