Fifa, soccer's governing body, has a long-standing corruption problem which led, among other things, to the world cup being awarded to Qatar, a freakishly inappropriate place to host a summer sport. Among the lies Fifa had to tell to justify itself was that the world cup there would be carbon neutral. — Read the rest

In yet more suspiciously good news for the gaming industry, a court in Austria has ruled that microtransactions – specifically, the loot boxes in the FIFA series – constitute gambling, and has ordered Sony to issue refunds to the plaintiffs. — Read the rest

Now that the World Cup is over, The Onion wasted no time providing the biting commentary they are so excellent at, with a fake (but at the same time oh-too-real) article entitled, "FIFA Officials Open For 2030 World Cup Bribes." If you've been focusing solely on the game and have managed to somehow avoid hearing about the corruption within FIFA and the many issues the World Cup has had with human and labor rights violations, I urge you to spend some time learning about exactly what's wrong with FIFA.  — Read the rest

What do these things have in common? Let's revisit a Kirsty MacColl classic, "England 2, Colombia 0," from her final album, 2000's Tropical Brainstorm, and find out. Set against the backdrop of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, "England 2, Colombia 0" finds MacColl in a pub, on a date to watch the World Cup. — Read the rest

On Saturday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino lashed out at his critics in a one-hour monologue, calling out the "hypocracy" of those who criticize the World Cup taking place in Qatar. He then slipped into naval-gazing mode, finding himself to be a complex man who felt many, many things all at once. — Read the rest

FIFA is the scandal-haunted governing body for world soccer/football; their internal report on corruption has leaked and it reveals a widespread culture of bribery and other corrupt practices.

As Swiss police once again raid the comically-corrupt international Soccer organiation FIFA, its disgraced and banned former president, Sepp Blatter, is to join a panel to discuss how it could be reformed.

Blatter will appear with former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno Ocampo at the University of Basel on April 15th for a discussion on how FIFA can transition through its current crisis.

Hilariously corrupt soccer governing body FIFA has finally made a scapegoat of suspended president Sepp Blatter, banning him from the organization for 8 years. He is defiant, reports CNN, demanding to know what he was banned for.

It's for all the corruption, silly! — Read the rest

FIFA, the comically corrupt governing body of international soccer, has suffered hard times of late: several executives were collared by the law, it became apparent that World Cup hosting rights floated on a sea of bribery, and an expensively-financed biopic of glorious leader Sepp Blatter bombed at the box office.

The Tim Roth-starring biopic of Sepp Blatter, president of comically corrupt soccer body FIFA, is shrouded in mystery. Partly, this is because no-one's watched it. But the movie, funded largely by FIFA itself, has done so badly that final numbers are hard to come by. — Read the rest

No one expects a shower of fake bank notes.

Worth it for the eminently GIFable pyrotechnics. Previously.

Hilariously and horrifically corrupt, FIFA could at least look forward to new leadership following president Sepp Blatter's resignation. Or, maybe not.

A perfectly-timed movie, presenting FIFA president Sepp Blatter as a valorous anticorruption crusader, has raked in $607—six hundred and seven dollars—at theaters in America.

The movie, United Passions, cost about $29,000,000 to make, with most of the financing provided by FIFA itself. — Read the rest

The Associated Press is reporting that Sepp Blatter, the resigning president of splendidly corrupt soccer governing body FIFA, has "started work on reforming FIFA amid corruption crisis."

After winning a fifth term as FIFA president last week, Sepp Blatter has nonetheless resigned amid mounting pressure on soccer's astoundingly corrupt governing body.

Blatter has resigned. Can't quite believe it. FIFA always appeared to be such a fine upstanding organisation.

There's something wonderful in the sententious pomp of soccer ruling body FIFA's elections, contrasted against a reputation for corruption brought to new grossness by this week's indictment of officials by the U.S. Justice Department and Swiss cops.

The latest: elections will go to an exciting second round after a challenger, Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein, managed to gain enough votes to prevent Blatter getting two-thirds of the total, the necessary threshold for a quick win. — Read the rest

Because criminal conspiracies are complicated.

Six top executives of international football's (notoriously corrupt) governing body were arrested at the crack of dawn in their Zurich hotel by Swiss police acting on a US criminal corruption warrant.

FIFA secretary Jerome Valcke wrote that Qatar, winner of the rights to host the 2022 World Cup, "bought" it. After a Qatari potentate launched a bid to become president of FIFA itself, Valke emailed a colleague that Mohamed bin Hammam "thought you can buy FIFA as they bought the world cup." — Read the rest