Sepp Blatter Posts
The FA, UEFA, and FIFA- The moronic trinity
Liam Angell of podcasting trio Pitch Talk vents his views on the state of our game- inspired by a series of high-profile refereeing blunders- including one in Chelsea's semi-final win over Tottenham Hotspur.
Fifa unlikely to block release of damaging dossier into ISL collapse
Fifa has until 23 January to appeal against a court order demanding the release of documents relating to the collapse of ISL, its former marketing partner, with reports in Switzerland suggesting that football's world governing body is unlikely to try to overturn the ruling.
Sepp Blatter racism row intensifies after Rio Ferdinand's retort
Fifa's president, Sepp Blatter, on Thursday became embroiled in a fresh row with the Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand amid trenchant calls for the Swiss to resign over his claims that racism on the football pitch is not an issue and can be settled with a handshake.
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MPs' report accuses Fifa of 'an approach bordering on contempt'
An influential parliamentary committee has accused Fifa of "an approach bordering on contempt", saying it was "appalled" at the serious corruption allegations recently levelled at world football's governing body.
Fifa's Sepp Blatter accuses England 2018 bid team of sour grapes
Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president who appears increasingly sure he will secure a fourth term, has hit out at the British media for being "very critical" and accused the English 2018 bid team of sour grapes.
Arsène Wenger and Premier League oppose Fifa's Qatar switch to winter
The Premier League will strongly resist any attempt by Fifa to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to January. The president of the world governing body, Sepp Blatter, today backed the idea.
Pitch invaders are back – but don't tell the rulers of Fifa
There was something compelling about the spectacle of Sepp Blatter striding about his cavernous Fifa city complex in Zurich this week. Dispensing his emperor wisdom, appearing on stage to a personalised drum roll, Blatter seemed entirely consumed by his own machine, a portly, hair-oiled Darth Vader patrolling the halls of this round-ball death star. He is an extremely persistent robot dictator and one phrase kept cropping up. "Welcome to football's home," he told pretty much anyone wearing a pair of cufflinks who happened to wander into his vision as he swivelled about on his plinth.
World Cup 2018: Too late now to claim we don't like how Fifa works
Sepp Blatter talked with customary modesty about "football giving hope to humanity and the rest of the world" before revealing Fifa's bewildering verdict: World Cups in Russia and Qatar. His 22 ageing executive committee barons – minus two suspended for breaches of ethics – had spoken, and not for England.
Russia stands to benefit from Sepp Blatter's World Cup casting vote
After more than five years of preparations, millions spent on PR and endless massaging of Fifa egos, Thursday's ballot to decide who will host the 2018 World Cup could come down to the casting vote of one man. Sadly for England, that man is the Fifa president, Sepp Blatter.
World Cup 2018: Confidence grows around Spain and Portugal's bid
It might just be the best team picture ever taken: 248 Spanish internationals – from the 94-year-old Gabriel Sosa to Bojan Krkic 74 years his junior, 23 European champions plus their coach, 23 world champions plus theirs, and in the middle on a red podium, the World Cup itself. Fourteen and a half inches of 18-carat gold. Immediately behind the trophy, between Vicente del Bosque and Iker Casillas, stands the only man not to have played for Spain. The only man not to have played professional football at all: the Fifa president, Sepp Blatter.
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