Football Federation Australia has commenced defamation proceedings against The Age newspaper in the Supreme Court of NSW today.

The Age published a number of articles relating to FFA’s Bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup over the past week.

“The articles contain serious defamatory allegations regarding the conduct of the Bid, including FFA’s accounting practices and its compliance with FIFA regulations and its Government Funding Agreement”, an FFA spokesman said.

“FFA completely rejects these serious allegations and is seeking damages."