Fifa president Sepp Blatter wins leadership election over Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein May 29, 2015 Sepp Blatter will be Fifa president for a further four years after comfortably beating Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein in today's leadership election. The 79-year-old will keep his role until 2019 after securing 133 of the 209 member association votes cast at Fifa's annual congress in Zurich. Prince Ali was entitled to ask for a second [...]
Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein elected president to beat Sepp Blatter in shock result May 29, 2015 Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan is the new Fifa president after beating incumbent Sepp Blatter in a shock election result. Blatter, who has served four terms as Fifa leader, was the heavy favourite to secure another four years in the role having enjoyed long-standing support from the majority of the 209 member associations outside [...]
Fifa election: Why Sepp Blatter will beat Prince Ali to remain president May 29, 2015 Corruption allegations, arrests of top officials, global outrage – in most organisations such calamities would cost a leader their job, let alone the chance to stand for re-election. But Fifa isn't most organisations, and not only is president Sepp Blatter bidding for a fifth straight term in this afternoon's election following one of the most [...]
Serious Fraud Office to examine Fifa allegations after being accused of “failing its duty” May 29, 2015 Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will examine information relating to alleged Fifa corruption after announcing it is "ready to assist in ongoing international criminal investigations". Two large British banks – HSBC and Barclays – were both named in the indictment filed by the US Department of Justice (DoJ), which led to the explosive arrest of [...]
Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein: Who is the man taking on Sepp Blatter for the Fifa presidency? May 29, 2015 Sepp Blatter, the controversial 78-year-old Fifa president, is hoping to win a fifth term in today's election, but must first beat off the competition from a contender 39 years his junior. With Blatter’s reign mired in corruption scandals, contentious World Cup hosting choices and most recently a sensational series of arrests of senior officials, the Jordanian [...]
Blatter remains defiant despite engulfing crisis May 28, 2015 DEFIANT president Sepp Blatter refused to quit his position at the top of the scandal-ridden world governing body yesterday as the shockwaves from the Fifa corruption scandal continued to reverberate throughout football. Uefa counterpart Michel Platini demanded that Blatter resign, while failing to rule out further challenges to the 79-year-old’s authority should he win today’s [...]
Goode: Saracens ready to deliver Premiership title May 28, 2015 FULL-BACK Alex Goode insists Saracens will not be weighed down by the pressure to build on their solitary top-flight title as they bid to be crowned Premiership champions against Bath at Twickenham tomorrow. The north London club have just the one Premiership title to their name, won in 2011 courtesy of a 22-18 victory over [...]
Cook applauds Bayliss capture and looks to surpass Gooch’s all-time record of Test runs May 28, 2015 TEST skipper Alastair Cook believes the expansive global knowledge of newly-appointed head coach Trevor Bayliss means that England have pulled off a “great coup” by hiring the Australian. Bayliss will take the England reins ahead of this summer’s Ashes series, although for now the national side remains under the caretaker command of Paul Farbrace, starting [...]
Football Comment: Villa will pounce should Gunners slip at Wembley May 28, 2015 IT’S THE type of game that players remember most once they retire; a chance to make a name for yourself; the final game of the season and a final push. It might be less of a priority nowadays but the FA Cup final remains a magnificent match to be involved in. Big teams start to [...]
Sherwood talks up chances of thwarting Arsenal’s FA Cup bid May 28, 2015 BUOYANT Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood has backed his side to deliver an FA Cup upset in tomorrow’s final against Arsenal at Wembley and end the club’s 19-year trophy drought. Villa’s last piece of silverware was the League Cup in 1996, a final in which Savo Milosevic, Ian Taylor and Dwight Yorke were on target [...]