Football Roundup: Barca defensive problems mount

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Barcelona's Thomas Vermaelen during the press conference. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters Barcelona were dealt a new......

FIFA panel upholds one-year ban on ex-German FA chief

Global soccer body FIFA's Appeal Committee on Friday rejected an appeal by former German Football Association President Wolfgang Niersbach, maintaining a one-year ban imposed in July. The appeals......

Swiss launch criminal probe of German soccer great Beckenbauer

Swiss federal prosecutors are investigating soccer great Franz Beckenbauer and three other German soccer officials for fraud and money laundering in connection with the award of the 2006 World Cup......

FIFA ethics panel bans ex-head of German FA for one year

FIFA's Ethics Committee has banned Wolfgang Niersbach, the former president of the German Football Association, for one year for failing to report potential misconduct surrounding the award of the......

FIFA ethics investigation recommends two-year ban against Germany's Niersbach

IMAGE: A FIFA logo sits on a flag at the FIFA headquarters. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images. The investigatory chamber of world soccer body FIFA's ethics committee has recommended a......