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Former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter’s trial over corrupt football payments begins

BELLINZONA, Switzerland: The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments began in Switzerland on Wednesday with both defendants in a confident mood. Swiss prosecutors accuse the pair, once among the game’s most powerful figures, of unlawfully arranging a payment of $2.08 million (2 million Swiss francs) in 2011. Blatter and Platini deny the charges.

Twitter urges brands to capitalize on FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

RIYADH: With football fever underway in the MENA region and around the world ahead of this year’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Twitter hosted an event at Al-Nassr’s Mrsool Park in the Saudi Arabian capital to take marketers through the importance and influence of football conversations.

Arab teams eye path to AFC Asian Cup and Africa Cup of Nations in 2023

There has been so much attention on the road to Qatar that it has almost gone unnoticed that plenty of Arab teams have just started qualification rounds for two major continental tournaments in 2023 — the Asian Cup and the African Cup of Nations. At least we know that Ivory Coast will be the venue for the latter but with China’s recent withdrawal as host in Asia, it remains to be seen where this particular road will end.