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  1. February 10, 2023

    Former ESPN President To Testify In Soccer Bribery Trial

    Ex-ESPN President John Skipper will be allowed to testify in the ongoing soccer bribery trial of two former 21st Century Fox executives, a Brooklyn federal judge announced ahead of her Friday return from COVID-19 quarantine. 

  2. February 08, 2023

    Former Fox Exec Fights Ex-ESPN Prez's Bribe Trial Testimony

    A former 21st Century Fox executive is seeking to block onetime ESPN President John Skipper from testifying in an ongoing soccer bribery trial, saying the sports network's loss of World Cup broadcasting rights to Fox is irrelevant to the charged conspiracy.

  3. February 06, 2023

    Soccer Bribery Trial Paused After Judge Gets COVID

    The criminal bribery trial of two former 21st Century Fox executives was put on hold Monday after the Brooklyn federal judge overseeing the high-profile soccer corruption case tested positive for COVID-19.

  4. February 02, 2023

    Sports Media Co. Hid Soccer Bribes From Banks, Jury Hears

    The former finance chief of an Argentine marketing company told a Brooklyn federal jury on Thursday that he lied to bankers about the nature of "private payments" to international soccer bosses, remaining steadfast as a defense lawyer questioned just how private those payments really were.

  5. February 01, 2023

    Star Witness In FIFA Bribe Trial Denies Misconduct Claims

    A key cooperator in the FIFA soccer corruption probe completed his marathon testimony against two former 21st Century Fox executives in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday, avowing before leaving the witness stand that he did not change his story based on any details about the trial's opening statements.

  6. January 30, 2023

    COVID Benches Lead Prosecutor In FIFA Bribery Trial

    A lead prosecutor in the FIFA corruption probe caught COVID-19 two weeks into the criminal bribery trial of former 21st Century Fox executives, leading the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office to temporarily sub in the head of its criminal unit.

  7. January 25, 2023

    Ex-Fox Exec Portrays Key Bribe Trial Witness As Greedy

    The cross-examination of a key government cooperator in the FIFA corruption probe got off to a heated start in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday, with counsel for a former 21st Century Fox executive attempting to paint the witness as greedy and dishonest.

  8. January 24, 2023

    Judge In FIFA Bribe Case Flags 'Troubling' Misconduct Claim

    Lawyers for two former 21st Century Fox executives charged with bribing South American soccer officials said Tuesday that prosecutors failed to disclose key changes to a star witness' story ahead of an ongoing trial, accusations a Brooklyn federal judge called "troubling."

  9. January 20, 2023

    FIFA Boss Aided Fox's World Cup Broadcast Deal, Jury Told

    A top FIFA official leaked inside information to help Fox Sports secure broadcasting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup soccer tournaments, a cooperating witness testified Friday in the criminal bribery trial in New York of two former Fox executives.

  10. January 19, 2023

    Qatar Choice Showed FIFA Was 'Open For Bribes,' Jury Hears

    A former media executive testified Thursday that it became riskier to pay off international soccer bosses after Qatar was selected to host the 2022 World Cup, saying "it was like the FIFA executive committee writing in the clouds in the sky, 'We are open for bribes.'"

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