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,......

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......

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......

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......

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.......