January 13, 2022
A government witness in the FIFA corruption probe can testify about World Cup broadcasting rights negotiations at the upcoming trial of two former Fox Sports executives and an Argentine sports marketer, a Brooklyn federal judge said Thursday, but the testimony will come with limiting jury instructions.
January 03, 2022
The expansion of sports gambling will continue to face roadblocks in state legislatures, and the NCAA could see its legal bills mount as it fights pay-for-play in college sports, according to industry attorneys' predictions for 2022.
December 06, 2021
Federal prosecutors in the FIFA corruption probe fought on Friday to include evidence related to World Cup broadcasting rights negotiations at an upcoming trial for two former Fox Sports executives and an Argentine sports marketer.
November 19, 2021
An Argentine sports marketer gearing up for trial in the FIFA corruption probe urged a Brooklyn federal judge Friday to bar prosecutors from introducing evidence that a former Fox Sports executive allegedly tried to pay bribes for World Cup broadcasting rights.
November 01, 2021
A Brooklyn federal judge refused on Friday to ax criminal charges against two former Fox Sports executives and Argentine sports marketer Full Play Group in the FIFA corruption probe, saying the bribery allegations fall squarely within standards set during ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling's appeal.
September 17, 2021
Two former executives at a Twentieth Century Fox unit and Argentina-based sports marketer Full Play Group on Friday told a New York federal judge that criminal charges against them resulting from the widespread FIFA corruption probe are unconstitutionally vague and don't support claims of honest services fraud.
August 24, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday it has approved the award of potentially more than $201 million in forfeited funds from its FIFA corruption dragnet to FIFA and other soccer organizations, which it deems to be victims of the ordeal.
August 23, 2021
A former head of the Salvadoran soccer federation on Monday admitted his role in a purportedly criminal enterprise bent on bribing Central American sports officials, marking the latest in a steady stream of guilty pleas to come out of the U.S. government's sprawling FIFA corruption investigation.
August 18, 2021
Two former Fox Sports executives preparing to stand trial over the FIFA corruption scandal asked a Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday to subpoena phones from a key government cooperator, saying information from the devices might absolve them of fraud and conspiracy charges.
August 17, 2021
The former head of Salvadoran soccer will plead guilty to his role in the FIFA bribery scandal that earned him a lifetime ban from the sport's international governing body, court records revealed Tuesday.