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FIFA partner exec 'flees justice' in tickets case
AFP, Published on 11/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - An executive from the World Cup's hospitality services firm was labeled a fugitive Thursday after fleeing his Rio hotel to avoid arrest in an illegal tickets sales case, Brazilian media reported.
'We're still here': The enduring anguish of Korea's ferry tragedy
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» JINDO (SOUTH KOREA) - When steel worker Huh Hong-Hwan heard his teenaged daughter might be trapped in a sinking ferry, he didn't hesitate.
S. Korea coach resigns after World Cup failure
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» SEOUL - South Korean football coach Hong Myung-Bo announced his resignation Thursday following a disappointing World Cup showing that saw his team jeered and booed on their return from Brazil.
Rio police release World Cup tickets exec
AFP, Published on 08/07/2014
» The director from the FIFA partner company handling World Cup hospitality services was released from Brazilian police custody Tuesday after being arrested in an investigation into an illegal match ticket scheme.
World Cup tickets official arrested over illegal sales
AFP, Published on 08/07/2014
» Brazilian police have arrested a director from the FIFA partner company handling World Cup ticket packages, accusing him of leading a network that illegally sold game passes.
World Cup tickets official arrested over illegal sales
AFP, Published on 08/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police arrested on Monday a director from the FIFA partner company handling World Cup ticket packages, accusing him of leading a network that illegally sold game passes.
World Cup tickets official arrested over illegal sales
AFP, Published on 08/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police arrested on Monday a director from the FIFA partner company in charge of World Cup ticket packages, accusing him of leading a network that illegally sold game passes.
World Cup tickets official arrested over illegal sales
AFP, Published on 08/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police arrested on Monday a director from the FIFA partner company in charge of World Cup ticket packages, accusing him of leading a network that illegally sold game passes.
USA plan to go on offensive against Belgium
AFP, Published on 01/07/2014
» United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann says attack will be the best form of defence when his American underdogs tackle Belgium on Tuesday for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals.
France on security alert for World Cup showdowns
AFP, Published on 30/06/2014
» Hundreds of riot and other police were deployed in French towns and cities Monday as authorities braced for possible unrest linked to World Cup showdowns involving France and its former colony Algeria.