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The multi-million dollar corruption scandal engulfing Fifa widened on Thursday with 16 people indicted by US justice officials who pledged an unremitting crackdown on an “outrageous” betrayal of trust. The latest dramatic twist in a long-running saga began with a dawn raid on a luxury Zurich hotel where Swiss authorities arrested South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) president Juan Angel Napout, ...

Two Fifa vice-presidents have been arrested in a dawn raid at a Swiss hotel on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars of bribes. Concacaf president Alfredo Hawit and Conmebol president Juan Angel Napout were taken from the Baur au Lac hotel, Zurich, where several Fifa officials were also arrested in May. Fifa’s executive committee has been meeting in the city, ...

Egypt came from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with Nigeria on Wednesday after an African 2016 Olympic Games qualifying thriller in Senegal. It was the second successive Group B Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations match in which the Nigerians suffered a second-half defensive meltdown after hanging on for a 3-2 win over Mali last Sunday having led by three ...

Four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi has spoken of his admiration for retiring NBA legend Kobe Bryant after a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant announced his decision to retire at the end of the season earlier this week having won five NBA titles and two Olympic gold medals in a hugely succesful career. “It’s always ...

Former world number one Tiger Woods says he has “nothing to look forward to” in his recovery from back surgery. The 39-year-old 14-time major winner has not swung a golf club since operations in September and October. Asked about his return, he said: “I’ve no answer. Neither does my surgeon or physio. There’s no timetable. “There’s nothing I can look ...

A wonder goal set hosts Senegal up to beat Tunisia 2-0 in Dakar on Tuesday and move closer to qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games football tournament. Ibrahima Diedhiou, a Belgium-based central defender wearing pink boots, unleashed a ninth-minute shot from the centre circle that flew over goalkeeper Sabri Ben Hassen into the net. It was the second time ...

In-form Kevin De Bruyne struck twice as Premier League leaders Manchester City overpowered Hull City 4-1 on Tuesday to lead three top-flight teams into the League Cup semifinals. De Bruyne had scored one goal and made two in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Southampton and he continued in the same vein as the 2014 winners saw off second-tier Hull, with Wilfried ...

Manchester City’s parent company has been valued at $3bn (£2bn) after selling a 13% stake, worth £265m, to a consortium of Chinese investors. City Football Group (CFG) has sold the stake to CMC (China Media Capital) and investment company Citic Capital. It comes after six months of talks and is aimed at expanding CFG’s interests in the Chinese football industry. ...

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will go head-to-head once again for the title of world’s best footballer after being short-listed along with Neymar on Monday for the 2015 Fifa Ballon d’Or. For the seventh time in eight years, the dynamic duo of Barcelona’s Messi and Real Madrid’s Ronaldo are expected to fill the top two places on the podium in ...

Mali under-23 head coach, Cheick Oumar Kone, is anticipating that his team could come up face-to-face with a “difficult” Algerian side at the Caroline Faye Stadium in M’Bour on Wednesday. Oumar Kone’s assertion comes after his men suffered a 2-3 defeat in the hands of their Nigerian counterparts on Sunday while Algeria and Egypt played out a one-all draw in ...