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In July of last year, a top Mauritanian club which had been defrauded by its own FA completed its 4-year long quest for justice when its claims were validated by the Supreme Court. Yet the man at the centre of the scandal, FA president Ahmed Yahya is allowed to stand in CAF presidential elections, with the blessing of Fifa. How can this be possible?

The twisted tale about how Caf lost a billion dollar deal – and why the cash-strapped organization wanted out of the deal, with Fifa’s blessing.

A suspended FA president is running unopposed. And why has Fifa’s Head of Member Associations Veron Mosengo-Omba travelled to Comoros in the middle of the pandemic to make sure the election goes ahead on 30 January?

Why did CAF pay 6.7 million USD to French media group Lagardère to ‘buy’ a debt it knew it would probably never recover? And why did Ahmad Ahmad sanction this purchase?

The temperature is rising ahead of the Caf presidential election. Five candidates have emerged, and a billionaire businessman is the front runner. A former Caf exco member, Musa Bility, is accusing Gianni Infantino of undermining Caf’s independence for his own benefit.

“FIFA’s claim that it remains neutral in matters of politics (within the sport) is demonstrated to be patently false”, said Justice Carol Gobin. Her ruling could seriously damage FIFA’s governance model and authority.

On 24 September it seemed that Fifa had won by knockout over the rebellious Trinidad & Tobago FA. 24 hours later the tables were turned.

On the eve of his trial in Lisbon, the man behind Football Leaks admitted he illegally hacked dozens of email accounts. Rui Pinto argued that he had a noble purpose: to reveal serious crimes. That’s why, he says, he should be considered a whistleblower, not a hacker. 

He’s the head of the central bank in Finland and a rising hawk within the EU. So why is Olli Rehn, the vice president of Fifa’s governance committee, risking his reputation by publicly praising Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who is the subject of a criminal investigation?

A court ruling in Trinidad & Tobago could set a dangerous precedent for Gianni Infantino’s organisation. And it shows that FIFA, after all, is not above the law.