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For more than two decades, Charles “Chuck” Blazer reveled in the perks of being general secretary of the confederation that oversees soccer in North and Central America. He lived in a Trump Tower apartment, flew on private jets, dined at the world’s finest restaurants, and hobnobbed with celebrities and world leaders. He detailed much of it on his blog, “Travels with Chuck Blazer and his Friends,” which features pictures of…

LONDON — The United States is leading an unlikely charge to save the rest of the world from its beloved beautiful game. Soccer has wallowed in accusations of bribery and corruption for decades, culminating in the ludicrous and unexplained decision by the sport’s governing body, FIFA, to award the next two World Cups to Russia and Qatar, two oil-rich nations with poor human-rights records and none of the conditions or…

NEW YORK — Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and other U.S. law enforcement officials launched a sweeping effort to clean up corruption in world soccer that she termed “rampant, systemic and deep-rooted” Wednesday, indicting 14 influential figures in the globe’s most popular sport on racketeering and bribery charges. In a series of remarkable scenes, FBI agents raided international offices in Miami Beach, while Swiss authorities working with the United States…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Incoming Real Madrid boss Rafael Benitez wants to take advantage of Raheem Sterling’s contract stand-off with Liverpool and intends to make the 20-year-old England forward one of his first transfer targets. (Daily Mirror)  Tottenham are ready to bid £12m for Burnley striker Danny Ings before the 22-year-old’s contract…

The soccer corruption investigation announced Wednesday by U.S. authorities covers 18 defendants in all. Here are their names, ages, nationalities and backgrounds, as identified by the Justice Department: Seven defendants, all connected to FIFA, were arrested in Zurich: Rafael Esquivel, 68, of Venezuela: FIFA executive and member of the executive committee of CONMEBOL, the governing body…

Arcade-style baseball game Super Mega Baseball won’t be a PlayStation-exclusive for much longer. Developer Metalhead on Wednesday announced that a new version of the game, Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings, will launch for Xbox One and PC this summer. The developer promises a range of new content, including more stadiums, “enhanced gameplay,” and an overall improved experience. “Right now there are few options for quality, accessible sports titles on the…

ARIZONA’S SCOTT KINGERY NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEARUCLA’S DAVID BERG NAMED PITCHER OF THE YEARUCLA’S JOHN SAVAGE NAMED COACH OF THE YEARUSC’S GARRETT STUBBS NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAROREGON STATE’S KJ HARRISON NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR All-Pac-12 Team (PDF) SAN FRANCISCO– In a vote of the Pac-12 coaches UCLA closer David Berg was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, ARIZONA second baseman Scott Kingery was named the…

The stage is set for the 2015 NCAA baseball tournament, with 16 enticing regionals left to be played before deciding who moves on to the Super Regionals.   It’s no simple task even getting to this point. Teams must either earn their way in through automatic seeds or prove themselves worthy to the selection committee as one of the best 64 clubs in the nation. But getting here is only…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Editor’s note: FanDuel has a format for everyone: Entry fees starting at $1 for head-to-head contests, small leagues and large tournaments — try it out today! Welcome to the DFS MLB Playbook for Wednesday, May 27, courtesy of Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. Every day, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com will publish their top daily fantasy baseball plays at each position across various DFS sites in the Playbook. It’s a great place to start…

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A combination of file pictures made on May 27 shows FIFA officials. From left to right from upper row: Rafael Esquivel, Nicolas Leoz, Jeffrey Webb, Jack Warner, Eduardo Li, Eugenio Figueredo and Jose Maria Marin. The seven men are among several soccer officials arrested. (AFP/Getty Images) The Justice Department unsealed a 47 count indictment early Wednesday charging 14 world soccer figures, including officials of FIFA, with racketeering, bribery, money laundering…

We found out Sunday night that the Seminoles were rewarded as a regional host for the 32nd time but were not certain if the committee would over look the five game losing streak at the end of the regular season. It appears it did not and also did not look kindly on an earlier sweep at the hands of Notre Dame. Florida State did finish the season with the most…

Amateur John Sutton has been given a six-year ban after being found guilty of match-fixing and passing on inside information. Suspicious betting patterns were reported after the Irishman’s 6-0 loss to Scot Jamie Burnett in 2014. Sutton, 34, was found guilty at a World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) hearing in April, but it was ruled he had probably been…

The Fifa presidential election will take place on Friday as planned despite the arrest of seven Fifa officials on charges they received more than $150m (£100m) in bribes. Among those arrested is Fifa vice-president Jeffrey Webb. A separate criminal investigation into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were allocated has also begun. But Fifa has already ruled out a revote, insisting Russia and…

CLEVELAND — Random dribbles from the Cavaliers‘ 118-88 victory over the visiting Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday: 1. Three series, two sweeps, and a 12-2 postseason record overall. How ya like that, Cavs fans? 2. This was the easiest of the bunch, as the Hawks led for a whopping 20 seconds. It was over at the end of the first quarter. It was 48 minutes of garbage…

Getty Images After years of being widely regarded as a thoroughly corrupt organization, the international body that runs the sport of soccer has been targeted aggressively by the U.S. government. “Two generations of soccer officials abused their positions of trust for personal gain,” the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release, “frequently through an alliance with unscrupulous sports marketing executives who shut out competitors and kept highly lucrative…

New England head coach Trevor Bayliss twice turned down the job, according to former Australia bowler Geoff Lawson. Bayliss, 52, was appointed on Tuesday, but New South Wales bowling coach Lawson says his former colleague rejected the offer before Peter Moores took charge in 2014. “He said no then, and in fact last week he also said no again,” said Lawson. Lawson…

U.S. authorities are preparing to unveil a criminal indictment against officials of soccer’s international governing body that will detail allegations of widespread corruption, according to people familiar with the matter. The indictment against officials of the International Federation of Association Football, known as FIFA, was expected to be unsealed in Brooklyn federal court against multiple individuals as early as Wednesday, the…

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If the rest of the week goes like Monday’s 14-1 loss to the Yankees, the Royals can blame the Sports Illustrated cover jinx. Eric Hosmer posted a picture of the cover on his Instagram account. SI June cover! A photo posted by Eric Hosmer (@hosmer305) on May 26, 2015 at 10:47am PDT An alternate Sports Illustrated cover features the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James. The edition featuring the Royals on the…