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SEPP BLATTER

Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 25, 2016
Blatter makes appearance at CAS to appeal six-year ban
Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter appeared before sport's highest tribunal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), on Thursday to appeal against his six-year ban from soccer.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 5, 2016
Jennings predicts jail time for Blatter
For decades, British investigative reporter Andrew Jennings has exposed corruption at the highest levels in global sports.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 4, 2016
FIFA reveals Blatter, allies awarded selves $80 million
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and two other leading officials were involved in a "coordinated attempt" to enrich themselves through annual salary increases and World Cup bonuses, world soccer's governing body said on Friday.
SOCCER
Feb 27, 2016
Maradona blasts FIFA
Former Argentina captain Diego Maradona says longtime FIFA president Sepp Blatter and European soccer chief Michel Platini should have been given life imprisonment rather than six-year bans from soccer for ethics violations.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 21, 2015
FIFA ethics report calls for sanctions against Blatter, Platini
FIFA ethics investigators called on Saturday for sanctions against president Sepp Blatter and European soccer boss Michel Platini, dealing a fresh blow to Platini's bid to succeed Blatter as head of world soccer's governing body.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 13, 2015
Conte says WADA, IAAF part of problem, not solution
Hours after the World Anti-Doping Agency released the results of its exhaustive findings in a 323-page report on Monday about the wide-reaching Russian track and field doping scandal, Victor Conte was already weighing in on the matter.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 23, 2015
More on the line than points in Manchester derby
As much as both managers try to say there are still only three points available when Manchester United hosts Manchester City on Sunday, Wayne Rooney called it right when he said it is "a massive game of pride."
Japan Times
SPORTS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Sep 29, 2015
Blatter's stain on game proving very lame
"Blatter is a dead man walking ... "
SOCCER
Jul 28, 2015
Platini to announce FIFA presidency bid
Michel Platini, the head of European soccer's governing body UEFA, is to announce in the next few days that he will stand for the presidency of FIFA, a source close to the former France international told Reuters on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Jun 26, 2015
FIFA official denied bail in extradition to U.S.
A Swiss court denied a request by a FIFA official arrested in Zurich last month to be released pending his extradition to the U.S. because he is considered a flight risk.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 5, 2015
Flashy FIFA's fast fall from great game to great shame borders on the farcical
In less than a week, the public face of FIFA has gone from something resembling an old-style Communist Party rally, with a defiant Sepp Blatter fronting ranks of flag-bearing youths, to what looks more like a scene from "Reservoir Dogs."
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2015
The beautiful game dirtied
Major sponsors should pressure FIFA to clean up its act.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 13, 2015
Figo needs more than fame to unseat Blatter
As Luis Figo exited a hotel elevator on his way to breakfast, he was approached by a fan carrying a cardboard tube.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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