| Sven Goran Eriksson's advisers in talks with Leicester City over vacant manager's job Sven Goran Eriksson's advisors are in talks with Leicester City discussing the possibility of becoming the successor to Paulo Sousa. telegraph.co.uk |
Barcelona's Messi given Golden Boot Lionel Messi has been presented with the Golden Boot award for being the top scorer across all the domesticleagues in Europe last season. cbc.ca |
Blatter Troubled By Negative Impact Of Voting Report LONDON (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Sunday claims of alleged vote-selling by two executive committee members ahead of the decision on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts had created "a very negative impact" on soccer's governing body. feeds.nytimes.com |
William Hague: Government is 'very disturbed' by World Cup votes story • Foreign secretary comments on alleged offers to sell votes• Fifa releases statement saying it is investigatingThe foreign secretary, William Hague, has said that the government was "very disturbed" to read of allegations in newspapers today that Fifa officials offered to sell their votes in the process to decide the hosts of the 2018 World Cup.England are among the countries bidding to host the tournament.Hague told Sky News: "It's disturbing to read what we read in today's newspapers. I don't know the truth of that but these are serious allegations."Of course we want all the proceedings in the World Cup bid to be carried out in a way that is ethically correct and that therefore means that everybody can respect the process and respect the result. I would call on all nations involved to carry out these proceedings in that way."He added: "We're very disturbed by those allegations. Britain, whatever happens and whatever other countries do, will deal with this in a correct way doing absolutely nothing corrupt, paying no bribes and not corrupting this system in any way."Amos Adamu, a Fifa executive committee member from Nigeria, was caught on camera asking for £500,000 for a "personal project" in return for supporting one of England's rivals for the 2018 contest, according to an investigation by the Sunday Times.Reynald Temarii, a Fifa vice-president and president of the Oceania Football Confederation, was also said to have been recorded asking for £1.5m for a sports academy in exchange for his support.The Oceania Football Confederation said that it was investigating the reports. A statement said: "OFC is aware of the story that appeared in The Sunday Times in England today. As such, OFC is currently looking into the matter."A statement released by Fifa today read: "Fifa and the Fifa ethics committee have closely monitored the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups and will continue to do so."Fifa has already requested to receive all of the information and documents related to this matter, and is awaiting to receive this material. In any case, Fifa will immediately analyse the material available and only once this analysis has concluded will Fifa be able to decide on any potential next steps."In the meantime, Fifa is not in a position to provide any further comments on this matter."World Cup 2018William HagueFifaFootball politicsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Crew's Hesmer becomes 2nd goalie to score in MLS history Columbus' William Hesmer became only the second goalkeeper to score a goal in MLS history when he tied the game in the second minute of second-half ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |