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    Wow. Blatter is talking and saying some wild things.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/spo...l-Platini.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
    Wow. Blatter is talking and saying some wild things.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/spo...l-Platini.html
    Wow that's funny. So the main problem according to Blatter is that somebody actually voted secretly on a secret ballot, instead of sticking to previously agreed-upon shenanigans. Unbelievable.

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    Police raid the German Football Federation. Looks like they will be trying to catch them on tax evasion (not declaring bribes as income):

    http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/11/03/uk-soccer-fifa-germany-idUKKCN0SS0QZ20151103


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    Huge news on further arrests. Alfredo Hawit (Honduras) has been arrested. Significantly, he is the head of CONCACAF, having taken over from the ever-flexible Jack Warner.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer...154440129.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldtimer View Post
    Huge news on further arrests. Alfredo Hawit (Honduras) has been arrested. Significantly, he is the head of CONCACAF, having taken over from the ever-flexible Jack Warner.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer...154440129.html
    Oh CONCACAF, will you ever not be steeped in controversy?


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    And then there's this from Twitter:

    Zachary Fagenson@ZachIsWeird 7h
    FBI agents removing boxes from Imagina/bein sports offices near Miami, Fla. https://www.instagram.com/p/-1ZSt8HhfR/
    Reuters Top News @Reuters 6 hours ago
    MORE: New US FIFA indictment will include allegations of corruption related to TV broadcast rights for soccer: source

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    TORONTO FC, 2017 MLS CHAMPIONS!!! (Still the greatest in league history!)

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    Good summary of the FBI case here

    http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/stor...feds-took-fifa
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