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Awards Russia for the 2018 World Cup and Qatar 2022 World Cup
FIFA's, soccer governing body awards Russia the 2018 World Cup and Qatar the 2022 World Cup. -
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FIFA Scandal
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Mohammad bin Hammam is Found Guilty
Former Executive committe member Mohammad bin Hammam is found guilty of bribery and banned from international football activity for life by FIFA's ethics committee -
Investigation is underway
FIFA's ethic committee, appoints Micael Garcia, the former US attorney for the southern district of New York , to head an investigations into corruption alligations. -
Hans-Joachim Eckert publishes Garcia's report.
FIFA's ethic committee chairman Hans-Joachim Eckert publishes a summary of Garcia's report. Russia and Qatar hosting bids are essentially confirmed after Eckert finds wrongdoings associated with bids do not justify with reopening the bidding process. -
US Attorney General announces lengthy investigation into FIFA
It has uncovered decades of bribery totaling more than 150 million dollars. Fedral racketeering charges are unveiled against more than 14 people , including 9 current and former FIFA executives, seven are arrested near the organizations headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Swizz authorities seize documents from FIFA as part of a seperate criminal investigation into the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. -
FIFA election.
A FIFA election in which Blatter, 79, is pitted against the candidate Prince Ali bin al Hussein of Jordan for the presidency, will go ahead as planned. "I can't monitor everyone all of the time. If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it," Blatter says. British Prime Minister David Cameron calls on Blatter to step down. Russian President Vladimir Putin describes the criminal investigations as "yet another evident attempt to derail Mr. Blatter's reelection" and says the U.S.-led a -
President of FIFA is decided.
Sepp Blatter is elected to a fifth- fourth year term as FIFA president. "I take the responsibility to bring back FIFA," -
Mr. Sepp Blatter questions why investigation was launched.
Blatter is questioning why the criminal investigations was even launched. "The Americans were the candidates for the World Cup of 2022 and they lost," Blatter says. "The English were the candidates for 2018 and they lost, so it was really with the English media and the American movement that came down." -
Jerome Valcke
FIFA announces that its secretary general, Jerome Valcke, Blatter's top lieutenant wont be attend the women's World Cup in Canada. A few hours later, the New York Times reports federal authorities believe Valcke was behind the $10 million in bank transactions that are at the center of FIFA's corruption scandal. -
Sepp Blatter resigns.
Four days after his reelection, Blatter announces he will resign and calls for new elections to choose his successor. "This mandate does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football," Blatter says at a hastily arranged news conference in Zurich. "FIFA needs a profound restructuring."
