Saoud Al-Mohannadi

FIFA Gathers In Bahrain Under A Fresh Cloud

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Two years on from the corruption crisis which consumed FIFA, football’s governing body meets for its latest annual Congress in Bahrain this week still far from free of suspicion. It was May 2015 in Switzerland, as delegates prepared for that year’s Congress, when plain-clothes officers pounced and arrested scores of FIFA officials. The ramifications of … Read more

Qatari Official Hits Out At FIFA Ban

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A senior Qatari official who recently overturned a one-year FIFA ban said on Tuesday the case against him was “political” and may stand again for the all-powerful FIFA Council. Saoud Al-Mohannadi, the Qatar Football Association’s vice-president, was making his first public comments since winning his appeal against the ban, handed down by a FIFA ethics … Read more