Coca-Cola and VISA have become the first two of FIFA’s main sponsors to speak out on the conditions facing migrant workers in Qatar in response to a campaign launched by opposition group New FIFA Now this week.

A compression wear brand telling Adidas what to do? Surely not…

FIFA President Sepp Blatter claims he is “confident” a resolution will be reached between the Israel Football Association (IFA) and the Palestine Football Association (PFA) ahead of their Congress in Zurich next week after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today. 

Talks between the Palestine Football Association (PFA) and the Israeli Football Association (IFA) appear to have been unsuccessful after PFA President Jibril Rajoub refused to drop their proposal to have the IFA suspended from FIFA.

It being general election week here in the United Kingdom, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the two high-profile electoral battles currently being waged in the world of sport, via the medium of the candidates’ Twitter feeds.

Not because I judge this likely to offer great insights into the identity of the eventual winners: the sports officials in whose hands the outcomes lie are assuredly far too high-minded to be swayed by anything as trivial as social media.

In the FIFA Presidential "race", Sepp says he doesn’t need a manifesto…

FIFA’s director of communications and public affairs Walter De Gregorio has launched a scathing attack on German broadcaster ARD’s documentary into alleged corruption surrounding the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, branding it as “astonishing” and claiming it “distorted facts”.

Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, the body behind the 2022 World Cup, have dismissed claims a German film crew were arrested and detained because they were filming a documentary about the conditions of migrant workers and alleged corruption.

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has dismissed reports he is about to drop out of the contest to become the next FIFA President, insisting he will “continue the race until the end”.

FIFA will consider whether to suspend Israel from world football prior to holding its Presidential elections later this month.

Remember the date: April 30 may well turn out to be a more significant day for the medium-to-long-term future of FIFA than May 29.

That might seem a strange claim, given that the latter is the date of the FIFA Presidential election to determine the occupant of the second-most powerful post in sport for the next four years.

Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has been elected onto the FIFA Executive Committee after all his opponents competing for a two-year term withdrew during today's Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress in Manama.

Have you caught the election bug? We are not talking Cameron v Miliband here, that messy political punch-up which seems to be heading for a bore draw, or at best a split decision, when Great Britain goes to the polls on May 7.

FIFA Presidential candidate Luis Figo has dismissed claims from Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Issa Hayatou that all 54 African nations will vote for Sepp Blatter in the upcoming election.