vladimir putin monday s interim resignation is comes to duck lot of uncertainty over the world cup in russia with just under six months left until the tournament kicks off the most on june fourteenth. former president of peru s football federation was found not guilty on charges of racketeering by a u.s. jury in new york for a group with charge of taking bribes from marketing firms vying for a lucrative commercial rights to major soccer tournaments that are controlled by fifa he was tried along with. the former president of south american governing body on may vote and oppose same body image in the former president of brazil s soccer federation and moran were both convicted on several counts last friday following a five week trial. but it has been a dramatic opening to the sydney hobart yacht race one of sailings most grueling competitions blackjack is leading the pack right now but early on it was
of russia s deputy prime minister of a telling what co has temporarily stepped down as head of the country s football federation and is considering quitting as head of the twenty eight thousand world cup organizing committee resignation comes three weeks after the international olympic committee handed him a lifelong ban over his alleged involvement in state sponsored doping of russian athletes what co says he is stepping aside in order to appeal the ban at the court of arbitration for sport. at the beginning of december the i.o.c. is executive board were presented with reports containing evidence of systematic doping in russia and they came to the following conclusion that the russian olympic committee is suspended with immediate effect. russian athletes and the olympic committee were the only ones to be banned. no official of the russian ministry of sport will be accredited for the olympic winter games be on trial two thousand and