Weekly Report - 18 June 2015 (WR-15-24)

The premier football tournament for South American national teams got underway on 11 June under the cloud of corruption hanging over the beautiful game. On the very same day as the tournament hosts Chile defeated Ecuador 2-0 in the opening game of the Copa América, Paraguay’s senate voted to lift the immunity enjoyed by the South American football confederation (Conmebol) amid the US-led investigations into the world governing body, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa). The Vatican decided to suspend a charity partnership with Conmebol over the corruption scandal. And the Brazilian football confederation (CFB) also chose this day to impose a cap of two four-year terms on future presidents of the organisation, and to forge an ethics committee to address corruption in football.

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