https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Three former German football officials and ex-FIFA Secretary General Urs Linsi went on trial on Monday in Switzerland over suspicions that Germany bought votes to obtain the 2006 World Cup. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200310/swiss-trial-over-2006-german-world-cup-corruption-opens Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:24:52 +0100 swiss-trial-over-2006-german-world-cup-corruption-opens The Swiss parliament on Wednesday voted to extend the mandate of attorney general Michael Lauber, despite suspicion of misconduct in his handling of the massive corruption investigation targeting FIFA. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190925/swiss-parliament-narrowly-reappoints-top-prosecutor-despite-fifa-probe Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:11:30 +0200 swiss-parliament-narrowly-reappoints-top-prosecutor-despite-fifa-probe Former UEFA president Michel Platini told Swiss television channel RTS on Friday he "will be back" as his ban from football for ethics violations finishes on October 7. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190907/platini-to-swiss-tv-ill-be-back Sat, 07 Sep 2019 13:20:35 +0200 platini-to-swiss-tv-ill-be-back A Swiss magistrate investigating allegations of corrupt links between a Swiss regional prosecutor and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino and has closed his investigation, clearing him of any suspicion. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190414/swiss-prosecutor-cleared-in-fifa-gifts-probe Sun, 14 Apr 2019 12:03:17 +0200 swiss-prosecutor-cleared-in-fifa-gifts-probe The news that FIFA president Gianni Infantino is set to go unchallenged in the football governing body's forthcoming June elections will do little to restore the organisation's image. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190207/infantino-sole-candidate-for-fifa-presidency-in-june-vote Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:06:15 +0100 infantino-sole-candidate-for-fifa-presidency-in-june-vote A Swiss federal prosecutor suspended last month in connection with corruption investigations in the world of football has been cleared of wrongdoing and quit his job, authorities said Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181117/swiss-prosecutor-cleared-in-fifa-corruption-probe-then-quits Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:55:01 +0100 swiss-prosecutor-cleared-in-fifa-corruption-probe-then-quits The office of Switzerland's attorney general said Friday it had suspended a federal prosecutor in connection with investigations into alleged improprieties in the world of football. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181109/swiss-attorney-general-suspends-prosecutor-in-fifa-probe Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:49:33 +0100 swiss-attorney-general-suspends-prosecutor-in-fifa-probe Michel Platini wishes the FIFA Ethics Committee which banned him from the sport would disappear, he told two Swiss newspapers in an interview to be published on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180602/platini-i-wish-fifa-ethics-panel-would-disappear Sat, 02 Jun 2018 12:53:46 +0200 platini-i-wish-fifa-ethics-panel-would-disappear Former Concacaf chief Jeffrey Webb lost a partial appeal against his punishment for involvement in the Fifa corruption scandal on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180313/corruption-football-former-concacaf-head-webb-loses-appeal-against-fifa-fine Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:56:18 +0100 corruption-football-former-concacaf-head-webb-loses-appeal-against-fifa-fine Fifa's ethics committee on Tuesday slapped lifetime bans on three former world football executives who have all pleaded guilty to corruption charges in US courts. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171122/fifa-bans-three-former-football-executives-for-life Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:38:38 +0100 fifa-bans-three-former-football-executives-for-life The former head of world football Sepp Blatter said Saturday that claims by US women's goalkeeper Hope Solo that he had grabbed her backside were "absurd". https://www.thelocal.ch/20171111/sepp-blatter-accused-of-sexual-assault-at-awards-ceremony Sat, 11 Nov 2017 16:01:10 +0100 sepp-blatter-accused-of-sexual-assault-at-awards-ceremony It was the raid that changed the face of the world's most popular sport. Swiss police swooped in on a five-star Zurich hotel at dawn, arresting seven soccer officials at US request. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171105/fifa-corruption-trial-opens-in-new-york Sun, 05 Nov 2017 04:27:26 +0100 fifa-corruption-trial-opens-in-new-york FIFA's disgraced ex-president Sepp Blatter has told AFP he will go to next year's World Cup in Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, despite being banned from football. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171020/former-fifa-president-blatter-says-he-is-going-to-world-cup Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:26:10 +0200 former-fifa-president-blatter-says-he-is-going-to-world-cup Switzerland said on Thursday it has opened a criminal corruption probe targeting the head of Paris Saint-Germain football club and beIN media, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and disgraced former Fifa executive Jerome Valcke. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171013/switzerland-opens-fresh-corruption-probe-against-football-executives Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:37:16 +0200 switzerland-opens-fresh-corruption-probe-against-football-executives Fifa suspended Caribbean Football Union president Gordon Derrick from the sport for six years on Tuesday after he was found guilty of several ethics violations. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170920/fifa-suspends-caribbean-football-chief-for-ethics-violations Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:35:24 +0200 fifa-suspends-caribbean-football-chief-for-ethics-violations FIFA on Tuesday released a long-withheld report on alleged corruption in awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar after more leaks deepened the controversy surrounding the vote. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170628/fifa-finally-releases-damaging-report-on-qatars-world-cup-bid Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:44:43 +0200 fifa-finally-releases-damaging-report-on-qatars-world-cup-bid Fifa's ethics committee had been investigating the role played by the organization's president, Gianni Infantino, in the Confederation of African Football's (CAF) presidential elections before its chairman was removed from office, sources said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170620/ousted-fifa-ethics-heads-were-investigating-infantino-say-sources Tue, 20 Jun 2017 10:08:05 +0200 ousted-fifa-ethics-heads-were-investigating-infantino-say-sources Fifa is confident the diplomatic crisis sweeping Qatar will normalise and not threaten the 2022 World Cup, the organisation's president, Gianni Infantino, said in an interview published on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170611/infantino-confident-in-2022-world-cup-despite-qatar-crisis Sun, 11 Jun 2017 14:04:00 +0200 infantino-confident-in-2022-world-cup-despite-qatar-crisis Fifa's World Football Museum in Zurich, a landmark project of disgraced former president Sepp Blatter, is not under threat of closure despite a new round of redundancies according to its director. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170315/fifa-museum-not-under-threat-of-closure-says-its-director Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:54:00 +0100 fifa-museum-not-under-threat-of-closure-says-its-director Fifa's ruling council on Tuesday unanimously approved an expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams in 2026, with a format of 16 groups of three nations. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170110/fifa-approves-expanded-world-cup-for-2026 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:08:14 +0100 fifa-approves-expanded-world-cup-for-2026