Back to the Soccer Newsfeed

Interpol ditches FIFA deal as corruption scandal deepens

Yahoo! Sports | June 12, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, Interpol, Sepp Blatter, Chris Eaton (police officer), FIFA World Cup

* Interpol suspends "integrity" pact on match-fixing, gambling

Related Stories

  1. FIFA shelves bidding for 2026 World Cup, Swiss seize data Reuters
  2. Top official leaves FIFA as EU urges Blatter to go now Reuters
  3. Blatter rocks world soccer by quitting FIFA amid scandal Reuters
  4. WRAPUP 7-FBI extends FIFA scrutiny to World Cup host bids of Russia, Qatar Reuters
  5. FIFA's top spokesman leaves job, Blatter urged to do same The Associated Press

* Blow to FIFA after difficult week

* Spokesman quits, 2026 bidding shelved, records seized

By Gregory Blachier

PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) - Interpol suspended a 20-million-euro sports "integrity" agreement with FIFA on Friday, at the end of testing week for soccer's scandal-hit ruling body that saw its chief spokesman quit, bidding for the 2026 World Cup shelved, and records seized from its Zurich headquarters.

See full article at Yahoo! Sports