Sheikh Amhad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah quits after being implicated in FIFA bribery, corruption probe
(JMD interviewed on ABC) Sheikh Amhad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah quits after being implicated in FIFA bribery, corruption probe By Tracey Holmes...
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James M. Dorsey
- May 1, 2017
- 5 min
Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad: The rise and fall of political corruption in international sports
By James M. Dorsey For Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, long seen as one of the three most powerful men in international sports,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 27, 2016
- 13 min
Gulf autocrats and sports corruption: A marriage made in heaven
Remarks at 2016 Exeter Gulf Conference Global soccer and global sports governance have for the past nine years and certainly since a...
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James M. Dorsey
- Apr 23, 2016
- 5 min
FIFA, Human Rights and Politics: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards
By James M. Dorsey World soccer body FIFA’s creation of a watchdog to monitor the living and working conditions of migrant labour...
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James M. Dorsey
- Mar 30, 2016
- 4 min
AFC rehires former executive accused of seeking to destroy corruption-related documents
By James M. Dorsey The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), despite multiple legal inquiries into global soccer governance and a massive...
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James M. Dorsey
- Mar 5, 2016
- 13 min
Inside the FIFA Presidential Election: Covert Campaigns and Ghosts of FIFA Past
(JMD quoted in World Soccer) Inside the FIFA Presidential Election: Covert Campaigns and Ghosts of FIFA Past By Declan Hill, Special to...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 27, 2016
- 5 min
Bahraini’s soccer defeat: A cautionary tale for autocrats
By James M. Dorsey A failed election campaign for the presidency of world soccer body FIFA by Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa that...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 25, 2016
- 4 min
Scheich Salman Al-Khalifa und der Folter-Verdacht (JMD quoted in Berliner Zeitung)
MÖGLICHER NEUER FIFA-PRÄSIDENT Scheich Salman Al-Khalifa und der Folter-Verdacht Von Grit Hartmann Am Freitag will Scheich Salman...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 21, 2016
- 15 min
Salman’s moral rectitude or everything you wanted to know about FIFA but never dared to ask
By James M. Dorsey Lecture at the 8th Interdisciplinary Colloquium of the Institute of Sports Science, Wuerzburg, 19 February 2016 Let...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jan 21, 2016
- 6 min
Pressure builds on Sheikh Salman to respond to human rights allegations
By James M. Dorsey Pressure is building on Asian Football Confederation president and world soccer body FIFA presidential candidate...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jan 14, 2016
- 4 min
Kuwaiti rulers fight it out on the pitch
By James M. Dorsey Disputes in Kuwait’s ruling Al Sabah family that sparked international sports sanctions against the Gulf state went...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jan 11, 2016
- 4 min
Saudi Arabia uses soccer to isolate Iran
By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia is using soccer and its influence in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to expand its campaign to...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 13, 2015
- 6 min
Bahraini players’ support for Salman raise more questions than answers
By James M Dorsey Bahraini soccer players have sought in recent statements to absolve Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president and...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 3, 2015
- 5 min
AFC president’s FIFA presidential bid mired in abuse of human rights allegations
By James M. Dorsey Assertions by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, a candidate for the...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 18, 2015
- 4 min
OECD holds FIFA responsible for Qatari World Cup-related labour conditions
By James M. Dorsey A Swiss government-sponsored unit of the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 28, 2015
- 6 min
Soccer's global corruption crackdown: should the AFC worry? (JMD in South China Morning Post)
Soccer's global corruption crackdown: should the AFC worry? The continent's governing body will not escape scrutiny, with the resignation...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 17, 2015
- 3 min
Departure of AFC general secretary: Business as usual in a swamp of corruption allegations
By James M. Dorsey Transparency appears nowhere on the radar of Asian soccer governors as global soccer reels from the worst crisis in...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 6, 2015
- 5 min
Reforming soccer governance: Tackling political corruption alongside financial wrongdoing
By James M. Dorsey The mushrooming governance scandal in world soccer body FIFA increasingly spotlights political in addition to...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 2, 2015
- 31 min
Asian Football: A Cesspool of Government Interference, Struggles for Power, Corruption and Greed
The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in The International Journal of History of Sport on June 2,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 1, 2015
- 5 min
Blatter enables AFC to keep its skeletons under lock and key
Source Phillip Schmidli, Getty Images By James M. Dorsey Embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter has spun the world soccer body’s crisis as...
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