FA Director Quits FIFA Task Force Amid Scandal
(ATR) Also: New Zealand barrister blasts FIFA ethics committee.
FIFA Ex-Co Ups Brazil 2014 Involvement; Azerbaijan, Bulgaria Resolve Lifting Row
(ATR) South Africa 2010 and Russia 2018 chiefs join organizing committee as special advisers ... Bulgaria drops demands for extra transfer fees ... USA Track & Field continues CEO search ... More inside this Federations Roundup ...
Monday Memo - Arab Games Opening; Meetings of ANOC Council, IOC EB
(ATR) Around the Rings descends upon Doha for 12th Arab Games ... Decision-making bodies of ANOC, IOC gather in Lausanne ... London 2012 hosts wrestling, weightlifting test events ... All that and more ahead this week from ATR.
Soccerex Conference Concepts Announced
Advantage England as FIFA Hails "Perfect" Inspection
(ATR) FIFA inspection chief Harold Mayne-Nicholls gives a glowing assessment of the England 2018 World Cup bid at the end of a four-day visit ...
FIFA World Cup Debrief Aids Organizers of Brazil 2014 Tournament
(ATR) FIFA begins a World Cup 2010 debriefing in Zurich... World football's governing body lifts Iraq FA suspension threat.
World Cup Newsdesk - Zuma Hails "Special Moment" for S.Africa; More Tickets Available
(ATR) South African president Jacob Zuma says his country will be profoundly improved by the World Cup.
World Cup Newsdesk - Khoza Hits Out at Critics; Jordaan Acknowledges Concerns
(ATR) World Cup organizing committee chairman Irvin Khoza says that South Africa has "proved wrong" those who "questioned the scale of its ambitions" and insists the country is fully prepared to host the finals.
On the Scene: Football Executives Gather for Soccerex Convention
(ATR) Four days before every football fan's attention focuses on South Africa for the World Cup draw in Cape Town, the game's leading executives and marketing men -- as well as all the front runners in the 2018/2022 World Cup bid race -- are converging on Johannesburg for the annual Soccerex convention.
FIFA Report - CAS Dismisses Mutu Appeal; Tickets Sales Lagging in Africa for World Cup
(ATR) The CAS dismissed Adrian Mutu’s appeal of an order to pay compensation to Chelsea for breach of contract… Ticket sales in Africa for the 2010 World Cup have been slow… Cape Town has been confirmed as the host for the World Cup draw
