'They said the World Cup would help Brazil take a huge leap forwards in terms of public transportation but all they did was the stadiums'
FIFA denied on Tuesday that the top lieutenant of its President, Sepp Blatter, or any other member its senior management made $10 million in bank transactions.
US prosecutors may find it difficult to get a number of the people they have charged in the FIFA bribery scandal to face the music.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
'The way we are playing now, if we continue to play the same hockey, no one can stop us from standing on the podium in Tokyo.'
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy, which opened last autumn on the Spanish island of Mallorca, is charging kids 56,000 euros ($62,000) a year for tennis lessons and school.
Soccer's governing body FIFA has agreed to ban the third-party ownership (TPO) of players, its president Sepp Blatter said on Friday, seven years after first promising to outlaw the practice.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
US Open champions Marin Cilic and Serena Williams kicked off their China Open campaigns with straight sets victories against battling underdogs on Monday, but Rafael Nadal suffered defeat in a rare doubles outing on his return from injury.
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