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Tariq Panja

ARTICLES BY TARIQ PANJA

Police arrested the head of Spain’s football federation Angel Maria Villar, throwing the leadership of the sport in the World Cup-winning nation into disarray. Photo: AFP

Fifa’s second most-senior official arrested in corruption probe

2 min read . 18 Jul 2017

A file photo of Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. The army says the support will include training and even the provision of military personnel for the month-long event. Photo: AFP

Football’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar likely to have Pakistan army guard

1 min read . 08 Mar 2017

Just six months after Rio’s $20 billion Olympics ended, several of the expensively built venues, including the swimming pool where Michael Phelps won his record 28th medal, are already falling into disrepair. Photo: Getty Images

Olympics in ‘crisis’ as just two cities vie to host 2024 games

3 min read . 23 Feb 2017

FIFA has been conducting both an internal investigation of alleged misconduct and a full audit and review of FIFA’s finance function. Photo: AFP

FIFA’s internal investigation said to uncover more crimes

3 min read . 07 Feb 2017

Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates scoring their first goal against Liverpool in Premier League. Photo: Reuters

Manchester United rises to top of world soccer rich list

1 min read . 20 Jan 2017

Liverpool is one of the world’s most-followed clubs thanks to its record of success in the 1970s and 1980s. Photo: Reuters

Liverpool owners said to not mull sale of storied football team

1 min read . 21 Aug 2016

Companies covet these off-campus opportunities to showcase their brands, because the International Olympic Committee has strict limits on marketing in official venues. Photo: AP

Rio Olympics sees stiff competition among brands

3 min read . 11 Aug 2016

AC Milan owner, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, recently said a deal is close and that the Chinese buyers have committed to invest €400 million into the club over the next two years. Photo: Reuters

AC Milan is ready for its long, strange sale saga to end

2 min read . 22 Jul 2016

A file photo of David De Gea of Manchester United. Photo: Getty Images

Manchester United ties Real Madrid for most valuable football club

2 min read . 26 May 2016

A file photo of the Champions League trophy. Sky has relied on Germans’ passion for teams such as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to win customers. Photo: Getty Images

Sky’s football dominance at stake as rivals covet German TV rights

4 min read . 31 Mar 2016

Photo: Bloomberg

World Cup may expand to 40 teams by 2026: FIFA

3 min read . 04 Dec 2015

Documents also show Doyen owns the global sponsorship rights of Barcelona and Brazil forward Neymar. Photo: AFP

Soccer’s financing secrets revealed in leaked documents

2 min read . 24 Nov 2015

Sepp Blatter (right) was interviewed by a Fifa ethics investigator on 1 October, the same day another investigator talked with Platini (left), recently considered a favourite to replace Blatter as the president of Fifa, said two people familiar with the process. Photo: Reuters

Hours-long Fifa interrogation led to Sepp Blatter’s suspension

3 min read . 09 Oct 2015

A file photo of Sepp Blatter. Photo: Reuters

Fifa investigator said to call for Sepp Blatter to be suspended

1 min read . 07 Oct 2015

Domenico Scala wants to overhaul Fifa’s executive committee and impose term limits on its presidency, suggesting a maximum of three terms of four years. Photo: Reuters

Fifa reformer toils to ensure Sepp Blatter will be last of kind

4 min read . 12 Jun 2015

Brazil’s Marta (in yellow T-shirt) playing against South Korea on 9 June. Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP

The trouble with being Marta

3 min read . 10 Jun 2015

Sepp Blatter’s decision could jeopardize Qatar’s plan to host the 2022 World Cup, which has been sharply criticized because of the Middle Eastern country’s scorching heat, human rights abuses and lack of soccer tradition. Photo: Reuters

Sepp Blatter’s departure signals sweeping overhaul of global soccer

6 min read . 03 Jun 2015

Fifa president Sepp Blatter gestures after being re-elected following a vote in Zurich on 29 May. Photo: AFP

Sepp Blatter re-elected Fifa president amid corruption scandal

4 min read . 30 May 2015

Cruzeiro attacker Ricardo Goulart’s 18.3 million dollar move to Guangzhou Evergrande is the most expensive soccer player sale from Brazil to China. Photo: AFP

China buys Brazil’s soccer dominance as players move for big pay

5 min read . 09 Feb 2015

Uber said it hasn’t received any notification from authorities in Rio and is looking forward to working with policy makers on ‘common sense’ regulation. Photo: Reuters

Rio police investigating ‘illegal’ Uber amid car seizure threat

2 min read . 09 Dec 2014