News about scandal
Golovkin vs Ward camp: animosity growing?
Gennady Golovkin's trainer Abel Sanchez has commented on Andre Ward’s accusation of Triple G turning down the fight.
13 October 2015 21:11
Blatter, Platini risk suspension amid FIFA ethics probe
The future of embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his heir-apparent Michel Platini was in play, as they faced scrutiny by the football world body's ethics committee.
28 September 2015 11:17
Tesla boss Musk calls for 'random emission' testing
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk called for fossil fuel-powered cars "to be tested at random," as German giant Volkswagen's worldwide pollution cheating scandal continues.
26 September 2015 13:07
Apple under fire for factory conditions as iPhone launches
A labour rights group marked the launch of Apple's latest iPhone with a report accusing one of the smartphone giant's Chinese suppliers of exploiting factory workers.
26 September 2015 12:05
Porsche chief Mueller to take the wheel at VW: report
The head of German luxury sports car maker Porsche, Matthias Mueller, has been picked to succeed Martin Winterkorn as the chief executive of scandal-battered auto giant Volkswagen.
25 September 2015 10:05
US stocks tumble on global growth fears, Volkswagen
Wall Street stocks tumbled, joining European equities in falling on worries about global growth and the burgeoning Volkswagen emissions scandal.
23 September 2015 12:23
Trinidad to rule on extraditing Warner in FIFA corruption scandal
Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner will learn if he is to be extradited to the US to face charges linked to a corruption scandal sweeping football's world governing body.
22 September 2015 15:31
Can Clinton candidacy unravel over her emails?
She remains Democrats' best hope to retain the White House, but Hillary Clinton has failed to shake an unremitting email scandal that has dragged down her trustworthiness.
02 September 2015 15:12
Tokyo Olympic committee scraps scandal-hit logo
Tokyo's 2020 Olympics organisers scrapped the event's scandal-hit logo in the latest mishap for the Games after a costs furore forced plans for a $2 billion new national stadium to be torn up.
02 September 2015 11:01
Astana's Vincenzo Nibali disqualified from Vuelta a Espana after accident
Captain of Kazakhstan's Astana Pro Team Vincenzo Nibali has been disqualified from Vuelta a Espana after the second stage.
25 August 2015 22:12
Katy Perry roars into Taylor Swift feud
Taylor Swift's "bad blood" with fellow pop superstar Katy Perry looks set to get a lot worse.
23 July 2015 10:14
No reason to probe Brazil in FIFA scandal: Rousseff
There is no reason Brazil's hosting of last year's World Cup should be probed as part of the FIFA scandal, President Dilma Rousseff insisted in an interview.
09 June 2015 11:58
Despite FIFA charges Warner still beloved in Trinidad
He is a key figure caught up in the middle of football's biggest corruption scandal. But indicted former FIFA vice president Jack Warner is still a wildly popular.
07 June 2015 13:52
Italy PM under fire as minister probed in mafia migrant scandal
Italy's premier rebuffed opposition demands that he sack a junior minister who is being investigated in a burgeoning scandal.
07 June 2015 11:50
What's a FIFA? Scandal unlikely to dent US football appetite
Ask the average American sports fan what the words Sepp Blatter mean and they might reach for a medical dictionary.
29 May 2015 10:52
Kazakhstan crushes on bribery in high-profile case
Ex-deputy Governor, advisor to the Governor and several businessmen were found guilty in a corruption scandal that rocked Kazakhstan.
18 April 2015 17:02
Russia sacks theatre chief in 'blasphemous' opera scandal
Russia's culture ministry said Monday it fired a theatre director for offending Orthodox believers with a radical staging of a Wagner opera.
31 March 2015 11:10
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch
Ukraine dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting hours after the president sacked a powerful oligarch as regional governor.
26 March 2015 13:19
Expensive patriotism: man in Kazakhstan fined for hanging flag
A man in Kazakhstan was ordered to pay a fine for hanging a flag off his balcony in a multi-apartment house. Lawyers and public do not agree with the decision. Will he pay?
06 March 2015 11:21
Scarlett Johansson took our name, band says
Scarlett Johansson can expect her name to boost sales, but her new band's decision to call itself the seemingly innocuous The Singles has triggered a firestorm.
26 February 2015 11:16