Garry Cook resigns over Onuoha email scandal
MANCHESTER, England – Garry Cook has resigned as chief executive of Manchester City after the club completed their investigation into allegations he sent an offensive email to the mother and agent of a player. Cook attracted negative headlines earlier in the week after accusations from Dr Anthonia Onuoha that he sent her an offensive email [...]
‘Qatar may be stripped of World Cup’
LONDON/ZURICH – Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president who is standing for re-election admits there is a ground swell of popular support to rehold the 2022 vote won by Qatar The Fifa president Sepp Blatter made the startling disclosure yesterday that he could not rule out a rerun of the voting for the right to host [...]
Blatter leaves Bin Hammam behind as US visa is denied to FIFA rival
LONDON/ASUNCION – Nicolas Leoz was re-elected, unopposed, at the annual congress of CONMEBOL, the South American confederation, but comparatively few people noticed. All attention, instead, was fixed on visiting FIFA presidential contenders Sepp Blatter and Mohamed Bin Hammam. Both men attended a South American-style barbecue at the ranch of 82-year-old Leoz after CONMEBOL’s 10 votes [...]
