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SOCCER The Fight For FIFA He may not preside over any specific territory, but make no mistake: Sepp Blatter, the current head of FIFA, global football's governing body, has vast influence over his organization and an iron grip on international football. For almost four years, Blatter has deployed his lieutenants and outwitted his opponents to keep his place at the head of football's premier table. But in the past few weeks, he has appeared to be losing control over the house of FIFA. Soccer may be the beautiful game, but the body that governs it is riven with...
Person of the Week OFFSIDE Dicey finances, hints of bribery, a financial collapse?FIFA president Sepp Blatter might have done well at Enron. Though he says all's well with football's ruling body, many in the sport see the launch of an internal investigation into FIFA's finances as tantamount to a yellow card for Blatter...
These ever-inflating prices created a sports-rights bubble that grew ever bigger. Case in point: FIFA, the body that governs global football, says it got $79 million for the broadcasting rights for the 1998 World Cup. Would you like to wager a guess on the same rights for the 2002 World Cup? How about $761 million, a tenfold jump...
...participated in France '98, as against 24 in U.S.A. '94 and 16 in Argentina '78. And yet, more top teams have failed to make the grade this time than ever before. Five of the 20 best soccer nations, based on rankings issued last month by football's ruling body FIFA, won't be at Korea/Japan 2002: Colombia, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and Romania...
Ranked 18th in the World FIFA rankings, the USA is off to a blistering 3-0 start in the North American qualifying for the 2002 World Cup to be held in Korea and Japan...