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FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced on Tuesday he will step down from his position despite being re-elected as President during FIFA's annual Congress last week. Blatter's reign has been plagued with corruption scandals, particularly over allegations of financial mismanagement and granting the...

World soccer's governing agency re-elected its president Joseph Sepp Blatter Friday even as corruption allegations threatened to cripple the organization. Blatter's challenger to head the group, Ali bin al-Hussein, withdrew following the first round of balloting at a meeting in Zurich of the...

After U.S. prosecutors charged 14 members of FIFA, soccer's governing body, with corruption for unsavory business practices like bribe-taking, policymakers and fans around the world cheered saying that the organization was long overdue to be investigated for its questionable operations....

Soccer fans across the globe were treated to a fresh round of scandals as several senior FIFA officials and executives of sports management companies were arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes totaling $100 million. The officials were accused of accepting bribes over the past 24 years,...

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) declared worse-than-expected Q4 results Thursday. Revenue of the company declined 6 percent year-over-year to $3.48 billion, while profits rose about 13 percent to $2.15 per share. Robert Lloyd, GameStop CFO, was on CNBC to provide an outlook on games and...

After a month of major announcements, the first week of July came and went without any Earth-shattering developments. This can be partially attributed to the holiday, but it may also be a byproduct of the numerous conferences that were held in June. Now that those are over, there aren't many...

Following the Luis Suárez biting incident in which the Uruguyan striker chomped down on Italian player, Giorgio Chiellini, FIFA banned Suárez from all soccer-related activities for four months. FIFA’s action, however, missed an important point. Mexican referee Marco...

World Cup fever is at an all-time high this year. From Google.com to national TV ads, websites and everything in between, virtually no one will be able to escape the hype surrounding the world's largest sporting event. Diehard football fans (or "soccer fans," for those of you who are in America)...

The world's largest sporting event could help Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) sell more games in 2014. "It's time to pop the cork and have some parties," Hilliard Lyons analyst Jeff Thomison told Benzinga. "The console ownership is going well, people are starting to buy...

The opening games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup have been filled with excitement and one major upset as the Netherlands defeated Spain by a margin of 5-1 on June 13. The event, which generates worldwide buzz every four years, has already juiced Brazil's stock market as investors attempt to...

With the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil just one week away, organizers are scrambling to put the last-minute touches on many still unfinished, structures that will support this global sporting event. An estimated one billion people around the world are expected to watch the opening match, which...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) will report its fourth quarter 2014 results on Tuesday after market close. Analysts are expecting the company to earn $0.11 per share on revenue of $812.09 million. The last time Electronic Arts reported its quarter results was on January 28. The company's third...

The EGShares Brazil Infrastructure ETF (NYSE: BRXX) could be in a curious near-term position as Latin America's largest economy struggles in preparation efforts for its hosting of the 2014 World Cup. In early April, BRXX was highlighted as one Brazil ETF that might offer some near-term potential...