Fifa

Former Nigeria national team footballer Segun Odegbami has announced that he intends to run for the Fifa presidency.

Fifa has moved to distance itself from controversial comments made by the newly-appointed head of its reform committee stating they are “personal views” and do not reflect the position of world football’s governing body.

The media glare burns brightest in the 24 hours after a scandal breaks, and the wrong word at the wrong time can lead to heads rolling at the highest positions. The protectors-in-chief are the in-house communications team. They can usually be found sitting just off the shoulder of a disgraced leader – or in the case of Fifa president Sepp Blatter – out on the front-line to take the bullets from the press pack looking for an exclusive line. Any aspiring communications specialist has to be prepared for the day when the news breaks on their doorstep.

Uefa president Michel Platini has said his current term in office will be his final one, should he fail to be elected as head of world football’s governing body next year.

If you live outside of Nigeria it’s likely you will never have heard of Dr. Larry Izamoje.

The Russian Sports Ministry has proposed an increase in the budget for preparations ahead of football’s 2018 Fifa World Cup national team tournament in the country.

Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter has maintained that world football’s governing body is not a corrupt “institution,” adding that he is “clean” amid ongoing criminal investigations into the governance of the sport.

The Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has revealed that authorities in the country have received more than 100 reports of suspicious financial activity in relation to the award of the 2018 and 2022 Fifa football World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively.

Fifa held a meeting with its top commercial partners yesterday (Thursday) as the fallout over the corruption scandal at football’s embattled world governing body continues.

Fifa has said football clubs will have to meet minimum standards and principles in areas such as infrastructure and financial affairs in order to compete in certain competitions, as it unveiled plans to roll out a global club licensing framework by the end of 2016.

Fifa presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon has fired back at claims payments he made to Haiti and Pakistan in 2010 are being investigated amid the corruption scandal surrounding the sport, while world football’s governing body will reportedly meet with its commercial partners tomorrow (Thursday) to discuss its reform process.

Digital sports content and media supplier Perform has agreed a partnership with Fifa subsidiary Early Warning System (EWS) with the goal of enhancing the integrity of football events.

Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of Fifa’s Audit and Compliance Committee, has reportedly produced a radical blueprint for reform of football’s world governing body that would include the scrapping of its powerful Executive Committee.

South Korean businessman and politician Chung Mong-joon has formally launched his bid for the Fifa presidency, stating that he will only seek a single term in the belief he can reform football’s global governing body in this time.

Uefa has requested that Fifa investigate an “alleged smear campaign” against the president of European football’s governing body, Michel Platini.

Former Trinidad and Tobago international midfielder David Nakhid has emerged as the latest contender in the race to become the next president of Fifa, world football’s governing body.