Uefa, European football’s governing body, has said the election to choose a new president for international organisation Fifa should be postponed following the arrest of soccer officials in Zurich.

Cameroon’s football federation (FECAFOOT) is to investigate allegations of match-fixing by its players at the World Cup finals.

Mohamed bin Hammam has vowed to clear his name after FIFA’s ethics committee opened investigation proceedings against him.

FIFA’s ethics committee have opened investigation proceedings against Mohamed bin Hammam.

The Olympic Council of Ireland will take no action on the betting allegation against Star Class skipper Peter O’Leary until they receive the full documentation requested from the person making the allegation.

The ethics committee of Israel’s parliament has suspended an MP for dumping water on a colleague during a bad-tempered debate.

FIFA have announced 16 officials from Caribbean associations have been charged with breaching rules on ethics in the wake of the bribery scandal that saw Mohamed Bin Hammam banned for life.

Mohamed bin Hammam has withdrawn from the FIFA presidential election, he has announced in a statement on his website.

Mohamed Bin Hammam today claimed there was “increasing evidence of a conspiracy” to stop him running for FIFA president.

Mohamed Bin Hammam today demanded that FIFA president Sepp Blatter himself be included in the investigation by the world governing body’s ethics committee.

THE family of Frank McBrearty, the man wrongly accused of murdering cattle dealer Richie Barron nine years ago, told the Taoiseach yesterday that they were prepared to go “all the way” to secure justice for him and others implicated by rogue gardaí in the man’s death.