Football Briefs: Giroud treble boosts France in friendly win

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: France's Olivier Giroud celebrates on scoring his hat-trick during the international friendly against Paraguay in Roazhon Park,......

Plea talks under way in FIFA bribery case as US trial date set

IMAGE: FIFA logo outside their headquarters in Zurich. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images Several defendants charged in a wide-ranging corruption case involving soccer's global governing......

Nearly $1 mln in FIFA funds missing in Guatemala?

IMAGE: The FIFA logo is seen outside the FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters Nearly $1 million in funds from soccer's global governing body FIFA may have gone missing......

FIFA probe: Guatemala arrests ex-soccer chief Jimenez

Guatemalan police on Tuesday arrested fugitive former national soccer federation president Brayan Jimenez in connection with a corruption probe into the sport's world governing body FIFA. Police......