Swiss widen FIFA money-laundering investigationThe number of alleged money laundering transactions linked to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups bids won by Russia and Qatar has ballooned from 53 to 81.
13 July 2015
No 'easy' way back for humiliated Brazil: DungaExactly a year after their 7-1 World Cup humiliation by Germany, Brazil's once all-conquering football team appears as lost as ever and with no quick way back.
S.Africa ex-president denies FIFA World Cup bribe claimsSouth Africa's former president Thabo Mbeki joined government officials in denying allegations that the country paid bribes to secure the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
29 May 2015
S.Africa allegedly paid $10 mn to host World Cup: USSouth African officials paid more than $10 million in bribes to host the 2010 World Cup and handed over a briefcase stuffed with $10,000 stacks of banknotes in Paris.
Brazil construction magnate Norberto Odebrecht dies at 93Norberto Odebrecht, founder of the Brazilian construction company behind large-scale infrastructure projects including several World Cup stadiums, was buried Sunday after dying of heart failure. He was 93.
Argentina in the final: Brazil's Cup nightmare deepensBrazilians might have thought that their World Cup nightmare couldn't possibly get any worse -- and then bitter rivals Argentina reached the final in their own backyard.
10 July 2014
Football: Disaster for Brazil as Germany run riotBrazil's World Cup dream was smashed into oblivion Tuesday as majestic Germany ran riot to win an extraordinary semi-final 7-1, sending the hosts crashing to the worst defeat in their 100-year footballing history.