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KEIR RADNEDGE in MEXICO CITY: Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has been accused of putting personal political interests ahead…
The director of Russia’s antidoping laboratory at the time of the Sochi Games said urine samples were surreptitiously replaced by…
Sources in Kuweit speculated that the Fifa executive committee, at the instigation of its member Sheikh Ahmad al Fahd, could…
So he is gone. Michel Platini’s drink at the last chance legal saloon of the Council for the Arbitration of…
By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN)Nyquist, ridden by record-setting Mario Gutierrez, won the 142nd running of Kentucky Derby on Saturday at…
Three weeks away and much to discuss. Lets begin with the non-action of the Olympic integrity officials. They have already…
Last month’s opening of storied Istanbul soccer club Besiktas JK’s renovated Vodafone Arena stadium was laden with political symbols ranging…
April 29 – Kuwait’s government has launched legal action against FIFA and other international federations implementing its ban from international…
With Saudi Arabia announcing plans for a major restructuring of the kingdom’s economy and Iran gearing up to become a…
Returning from three-weeks away to an inbox of e-mails from around the world asking, ‘is the whole thing is a…
The Olympic Council of Asia are the umbrella group for 45 Asian nations and are headed by Sheik Ahmad Al-Sabah…
Sanctions on Kuwaiti sports form part of a local political power struggle that implicates international sports leaders, writes Danish newspaper.…
Kazakhstan’s Timur Kulibayev has been unanimously appointed as vice-president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) responsible for the Central…
A fascinating look at Middle Eastern and North African football, a key battleground for political control, social justice, identity and…
Leaked documents raise questions over role played by new Fifa president in TV rights deal while he worked for Uefa…
KUWAIT, March 23 (KUNA) — Kuwait’s sports laws are not the real reason that led the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
Stephen Frears film The Program about Lance Armstrong’s doping to win the Tour de France has just opened to near…
BERLIN, March 19 (Reuters) – A ban imposed on Kuwait by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last year over what…
By Liam Morgan Former South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) vice-president Rafael Esquivel has been extradited to the United States…
Beverly Hills Hilton in Los Angeles Carl Lewis has claimed Sebastian Coe should step aside temporarily as President of the…
Special to Bleacher Report A week ago, FIFA elected a new president. Declan Hill was there to witness it. Come…
Comment by Andreas Selliaas Gianni Infantino will enter his FIFA presidency with promises to be held and alliances to be…
I have put together a list of prospective winners and losers as a consequence of Gianni Infantino’s victory in the…
(WFI) The IOC has decided to take no action into the conduct of Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah in…
Sheik Ahmad Al-Sabah allegedly broke IOC code of ethics to lobby voters By CHARLES SALE FOR THE DAILY MAIL Sheik…
In Zurich to witness the fight that one of the candidates describes as, “the most important in the history of…
The exclusive account of how a small band of federal agents and an outsized corrupt official brought down the sports…
The FIFA presidential favourite denies wrongdoing after Sky News reveals his home FA worked with a match fixer while he…
Minister of Information, Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah with Lebanese youth and sports…
Exclusive: As Fifa braces itself for the most crucial period in its 111-year history Dominik Schmid, who worked closely with…
Subtle changes in the way Qatar projects itself on the international stage symbolized by a recent government reshuffle, economic reform…
KUWAIT, Jan 21 (KUNA) — The Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) has failed to fulfil its “assigned role” to forestall a…
By Simon Cox BBC News The world tennis authorities have admitted they took no action to pursue 28 top-level players, including…
FIFA ethics investigators said on Tuesday they planned an appeal that could extend eight-year bans on world soccer body president…
Saudi Arabia is using soccer and its influence in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to expand its campaign to isolate…
LONDON (AP) — The son of former IAAF president Lamine Diack and two Russian officials were banned from track and…
By Liam Morgan The Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee has recommended suspended secretary general Jérôme Valcke be banned for…
Saudi Arabia and Iran, highlighting the domestic drivers of mounting tension that threatens to deepen and complicate sectarian and multiple…
Two weeks ago, former IAAF president Lamine Diack confessed to a French judge that he had sought 1.5 million Euros…
By Liam Morgan FIFA Presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has called for the immediate publication of lawyer Michael…
We are still waiting for the IOC President Thomas Bach to strip Mr. Hickey from his special position as a…
Photo caption: IOC President Thomas Bach talking to Russia’s president Putin and Azerbaijan’s ruling couple Mehriban and Ilham Aliyev at the…
By SAM BORDEN Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, two of the most powerful figures in global soccer, were barred from…
By Harry Sherlock The former Arsenal goalkeeper could only stand and watch as he was lobbed in the first-half,…
Luis Figo and Robert Pires scored for the International All-Star XI David Beckham, Alessandro Nesta and Roberto Carlos also featured …
Qatar spent six times what England spent on its bid for the 2018 World Cup, and almost 12 times the…
By PRESS ASSOCIATION The International Olympic Committee has said it fears the criminal investigation into FIFA could overshadow the credibility…
KUWAIT, Dec 10 (KUNA) — Public Authority for Sports (PAS) Deputy Director General Humoud Fulaiteh on Thursday laid responsibility on…
By Athoob A Alshuaibi KUWAIT: As preparations at Jaber Stadium continue in full swing ahead of its opening on Dec…