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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 19, 2018, former FIFA President Joseph Blatter in Moscow, Russia. According to documents Saturday June 13, 2020, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is the target of a new investigation in Switzerland for suspected criminal mismanagement of soccer funds. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, FILE)

Fresh Swiss investigation targets ex-FIFA president Blatter

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIFA ranks Australia-New Zealand as best 2023 World Cup bid

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Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund celebrates scoring his teams second goal of the game with a 'Justice for George Floyd' shirt during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Paderborn 07 and Borussia Dortmund at Benteler Arena in Paderborn, Germany, Sunday, May 31, 2020. Because of the coronavirus outbreak all soccer matches of the German Bundesliga take place without spectators. (Lars Baron/Pool via AP)

England allows Floyd justice messages by players in games

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund celebrates scoring his teams second goal of the game with a 'Justice for George Floyd' shirt during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Paderborn 07 and Borussia Dortmund at Benteler Arena in Paderborn, Germany, Sunday, May 31, 2020. Because of the coronavirus outbreak all soccer matches of the German Bundesliga take place without spectators. (Lars Baron/Pool via AP)

FIFA signals support for in-game Floyd solidarity messages

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, April 21, 2018 file photo, Andriy Pavelko, President Ukrainian soccer federation, hold the Champions league trophies next to Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kiev, at the hand over ceremony in Kiev, Ukraine. The highest-ranking soccer official in Ukraine has been the target of UEFA and FIFA investigators about millions of dollars paid to his national federation. UEFA executive committee member Andriy Pavelko cooperated with its probe and denied any wrongdoing according to leaked letter he wrote to FIFA's ethics committee. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)

Ukraine soccer official targeted by FIFA, UEFA investigators

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIFA probe: First banks admit money laundering role

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 19, 2018 file photo, former FIFA President Joseph Blatter arrives at a hotel in Moscow, Russia. Suspended former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has arrived in Moscow for a World Cup visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Five years into a sprawling investigation of soccer corruption, the first courtroom trial in Switzerland is due to begin Monday, March 9, 2020 in a 2006 World Cup fraud case. Sepp Blatter, the former FIFA president, and German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer are listed by Switzerland's federal criminal court to testify in the trial of four soccer officials implicated in a suspect 6.7 million euros ($7.6 million) payment. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, file)

Police file reveals suspicions of Blatter in FIFA TV deal

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Nasser Al-Khelaifi, left, talks to Lars-Christer Olsson, right, during a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam's Beurs van Berlage, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Qatari soccer, TV official gets trial date in FIFA case

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp, center, shouts out from the touchline as Liverpool's Adam Lallana, left, is substituted by Liverpool's Mohamed Salah during the English FA Cup fifth round soccer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge stadium in London Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

FIFA wants to let teams use 5 substitutes during backlog

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Nasser Al-Khelaifi, left, talks to Lars-Christer Olsson, right, during a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam's Beurs van Berlage, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Swiss court dismisses Al-Khelaifi bid to recuse prosecutors

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam's Beurs van Berlage, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

FIFA says support of women’s game will continue

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 8, 2019 file photo, Ajax's Hakim Ziyech reacts during their Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match against Tottenham Hotspur at the Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Hundreds of players across Europe's soccer leagues have contracts which are due to expire at the end of this season. That poses a big problem if those leagues over-run beyond the June 30 cut-off point as expected because of the outbreak of the coronavirus. But what about players who are keen to leave their clubs? And what will happen to those who have already signed for another team, like Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech who is due to join Chelsea from Ajax on July 1?(AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

FIFA braced for challenges over player contract extensions

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 19, 2018 file photo, former FIFA President Joseph Blatter arrives at a hotel in Moscow, Russia. Suspended former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has arrived in Moscow for a World Cup visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Five years into a sprawling investigation of soccer corruption, the first courtroom trial in Switzerland is due to begin Monday, March 9, 2020 in a 2006 World Cup fraud case. Sepp Blatter, the former FIFA president, and German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer are listed by Switzerland's federal criminal court to testify in the trial of four soccer officials implicated in a suspect 6.7 million euros ($7.6 million) payment. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, file)

Swiss prosecutors intend to drop 1 FIFA case against Blatter

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam's Beurs van Berlage, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Caribbean soccer officials appeal ouster by FIFA at court

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 2, 2011 file photo, suspended FIFA executive Jack Warner gestures during a news conference at the airport in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Prosecutors revealed new details of alleged bribes paid to FIFA executive committee members to gain their votes for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup. An indictment unsealed Monday, April 6, 2020 in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn says Jack Warner of Trinidad and Tobago, president of the North and Central American and Caribbean governing body CONCACAF, received $5 million in bribes to vote for Russia to host in 2018 from 10 different shell companies that included entities in Anguilla, Cyprus and the British Virgin Islands, the indictment alleged. (AP Photo/Shirley Bahadur, File)

Russia flatly denies US allegation of World Cup bid bribes

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Ex-Honduran leader caught in FIFA scandal dies in U.S.

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FILE - In this March 24, 2020, file photo, the Olympic Flame burns during a ceremony in Fukushima City, Japan. Tokyo’s governor is considering the possibility of using the unfinished Olympic Athletes Village as a temporary hospital for coronavirus infected patients. The massive village on Tokyo Bay could house up to 18,000 people during the Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FIFA extends men’s age limit for Tokyo Olympics due to virus

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Chelsea's Billy Gilmour controls the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Everton at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday, March 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

FIFA challenged at court by Brazil’s Teixeira, English FA

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam's Beurs van Berlage, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

FIFA sees ‘duty’ to help as pandemic ravages soccer finances

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Conmebol President Alejandro Dominguez gives an interview at the soccer organization's headquarters in Luque, Paraguay, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Domínguez expressed reservations with the new format set up for the FIFA club world championship recently announced by FIFA. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

CONMEBOL: Infantino comments on crisis are ‘ill-timed’

By DEBORA REY - Associated Press