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Thousands attended anti-corruption marches in South Africa on Wednesday, September 30, braving the rain in Cape Town and hot weather in Pretoria, according to reports.

Football officials have been reluctant to visit countries which have an extradition treaty with the United States, which spearheaded the main investigation earlier this year.

Last week, the Swiss authorities approved a United States extradition request for Eugenio Figueredo, a senior football official from Uruguay, but the 83-year old former vice president of the South American Football Confederation, can appeal against the decision.

“President Blatter agrees with that, and hopefully things will change in the future”.

Africa’s number one football administrator, who is world -governing body, FIFA’s only Senior Vice President, spoke at length on the unity in CAF – which insinuates that CAF would only support a candidate which has Africa’s interests at heart, for the...

Compared with a year earlier, the economy shrank by 2.6%, the government’s statistical agency said.

As Gulherme Boulos, representative for Brazil’s Homeless Workers Movement (MTST), said his group is not blindly supportive of President Rousseff, but does not view replacing her with right-wing alternatives as a viable solution.

Paris: FIFA president Sepp Blatter has slammed comments by Chung Mong-Joon, a candidate to take over football’s world body calling it a corrupt organisation.

BAGHDAD/BEIRUT An Iraqi parliamentary panel called on Sunday for former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and dozens of other top officials to stand trial over the fall of the northern city of Mosul to Islamic State previous year.

The news broke just hours after an Iraqi parliamentary panel called for former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and 30 other officials to face trial for their involvement in the fall of Mosul to the Islamic State group last summer.

“I assure you that in one year, Team India with its renewed confidence has committed itself to fulfill all dreams”.

The red Fort speech later highlighted the resolve of 125 crore Indians, as “Team India”, to root out corruption, and to make India a developed nation by 2022 when it celebrates the 75th anniversary of independence.

Iraq’s parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s reform package, Speaker Saleem al-Jabouri said during a session broadcast live on state television.

Afterwards, the parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri read an additional package of 25-point plan suggested by the parliament blocs, and the lawmakers again unanimously approved it.

Members of the National Peace Committee who accompanied Gen Abubakar on the visit were Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria...