Brazil 2014

FIFA No. 2 Valcke Suspended Over World Cup Ticket Allegations

(ATR) FIFA is plunged into further turmoil after secretary general Jerome Valcke is "put on leave and released from his duties"
FIFA No. 2 Valcke Suspended

FIFA Implements 2014 World Cup Legacy Fund

(ATR) FIFA inks memorandum of understanding with Brazilian football association on $100MM fund.
FIFA Implements 2014 World Cup

Thomas Bach`s First Year as IOC President -- Photodesk

(ATR) From his election a year ago to the Nanjing YOG, the first year of the Bach IOC presidency in pictures.
Thomas Bach`s First Year as

Op-Ed - Russia Fights Losing Battle with FIFA Over World Cup Stadiums

(ATR) Russia is on a collision course with FIFA over the number of cities and stadiums it uses for the 2018 World Cup.
Op-Ed - Russia Fights Losing

FIFA Chief Examines "Very Special" World Cup

(ATR) FIFA president Sepp Blatters hails the "quality of football" the key behind a successful 2014 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA Chief Examines "Very Special"

IOC Chief in Shock After Germany's Humiliation of Brazil

Thomas Bach was in cheerful mood after Germany's 7-1 win over Brazil, as he heads to Rio. ATR's Mark Bisson reports from Lausanne
IOC Chief in Shock After

FIFA World Cup - No Doping Positives; Arrest in Ticketing Probe

July 8 - FIFA says 736 players tested but no doping violations... Director of FIFA ticketing agency arrested in scalping probe
FIFA World Cup - No

Two Dead as Overpass Collapses in World Cup and Olympic City

July 4 - Two people die, 22 are injured after an unfinished overpass collapses in World Cup and Rio Olympics city Belo Horizonte
Two Dead as Overpass Collapses

World Cup: Blatter a "Happy Man"; FIFA Questions Match-Fixing Claims

(ATR) FIFA president Sepp Blatter hails the success of the World Cup as various issues fail to tarnish the tournament.
World Cup: Blatter a "Happy

World Cup Host City Looks Ahead to Rio 2016

(ATR) Belo Horizonte’s top World Cup official tells ATR the Brazil 2014 tournament has put it on the global map.
World Cup Host City Looks