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Former UEFA President Michel Platini is seen on a giant screen as he delivers a speech at a UEFA meeting in Athens, on September 14, 2016. (AP/Thanassis Stavrakis)
June 18, 2019, 1:45 pm
Former UEFA head Platini arrested over award of 2022 World Cup to Qatar
One-time soccer star who was suspended by FIFA in 2015 held as part of bribery investigation
By John Leicester and Samuel Petrequin
FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks during a press conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will resign from his position amid corruption scandal. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)
December 21, 2015, 12:21 pm
FIFA bans ex-chief Blatter from world soccer for 8 years
Long-time president of scandal-hit body plans to appeal ethics panel ruling; once-likely successor Platini also booted
By AP
FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks during a press conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)
October 8, 2015, 3:09 pm
FIFA suspends chiefs Blatter, Platini for 90 days
Decision may end Platini’s bid for scandal-ridden soccer body’s presidency in February’s emergency election
By AP
FIFA president Sepp Blatter smiles at the 65th FIFA Congress at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, May 29, 2015, where he was elected to a fifth term as FIFA boss (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP)
September 25, 2015, 7:47 pm
Swiss police probing FIFA head Blatter
Soccer association press conference dramatically cancelled at last minute as president interrogated in organization-wide corruption probe
By Graham Dunbar
Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub addresses the FIFA Congress on May 29, 2015 (screen capture: FIFA)
June 2, 2015, 11:08 pm
Palestinian soccer chief defends dropped FIFA bid
‘This was about sport, not politics,’ Jibril Rajoub says of 11th hour withdrawal of motion to ban Israel from organization
By AFP and ToI Staff
President of the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub gestures during the 65th FIFA Congress on May 29, 2015 in Zurich. Jibril Rajoub withdrew his association's bid to have FIFA suspend Israel from international football. (AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI)
May 29, 2015, 9:11 pm
PM hails diplomatic victory as FIFA thwarts Palestinian suspension bid
Israel’s football chief credits FIFA executives for backing compromise plan; Likud MK calls failed Palestinian move an ‘own goal’
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub addresses the FIFA Congress on May 29, 2015 (screen capture: FIFA)
May 29, 2015, 4:37 pm
Palestinians abandon bid to have Israel banned from FIFA
At last minute, Rajoub withdraws motion; Congress votes in favor of independent monitoring body; Israeli delegate calls for politics to be left out of soccer
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on May 19, 2015 at the presidential residence in Jerusalem. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
May 29, 2015, 12:49 pm
PM: Anti-Israel push at FIFA shows Palestinians oppose our right to exist
Netanyahu says Friday’s motion to expel Israel from world soccer is ‘attempt to undermine the legitimacy’ of the state
By ToI Staff
Security agents tussle with a demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag and protesting to expel Israel from FIFA during the 65th FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland, on May 29, 2015. (AFP/Michael Buholzer)
May 29, 2015, 11:32 am
Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt FIFA congress
Two women wave red cards at President Sepp Blatter during speech, call to expel Israel from world soccer
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian youth hold red cards and placards reading in Arabic, 'Israel out of FIFA,' during a demonstration against the Israel Football Federation in the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 28, 2015. (AFP photo/Hazem Bader)
May 29, 2015, 10:40 am
Protesters in Zurich call to kick Israel out of FIFA
Demonstrators gather ahead of vote on Palestinian motion to suspend Israel from participation in world soccer
By ToI Staff
Palestinian youth hold red cards and placards reading in Arabic, 'Israel out of FIFA,' during a demonstration against the Israel Football Federation in the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 28, 2015. (AFP photo/Hazem Bader)
May 29, 2015, 6:39 am
Israel vote at FIFA may be unavoidable, say officials
Global umbrella set to take up Palestinian motion to suspend Israel from participation in world soccer
By ToI Staff
FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks at the opening ceremony of the FIFA congress in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, May 28, 2015. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP)
May 29, 2015, 5:30 am
Defiant soccer chief resists calls to resign amid scandal
Though not implicated in bribery indictments engulfing FIFA’s top ranks, Sepp Blatter seen by opponents as part of the problem
By Graham Dunbar
FIFA President Sepp Blatter (left) with former Israel Football Association chairman Avi Luzon during Blatter's visit to Israel in July, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 3, 2013, 11:24 pm
Israeli, PA soccer chiefs talk security restrictions
FIFA president hosts Avi Luzon and Jibril Rajoub to find solution to travel bans preventing Palestinian teams from competing
By Graham Dunbar
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the Israel under-21 soccer team ahead of this week's European Championship. (Photo credit: Moshe Milner/ GPO/Flash 90.)
June 4, 2013, 11:31 am
Europe’s rising soccer stars go for goal in Israel
Host nation’s Jewish and Arab squad excited to take on the cream of European talent in Under-21 championship starting Wednesday
By Raphael Gellar
Beitar Jerusalem fans at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem in 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 29, 2013, 6:11 am
Beitar’s racism has a long, inglorious history
Viciously protesting the planned signing of Muslim players was only the latest in a tradition of hate-filled displays by Jerusalem soccer fans
By Aaron Kalman
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