The Football Association has stated for the first time that it has the authority to discipline Manchester City and prominent figures connected to the club following findings that multiple financial rules were violated. According to the FA, the independent panel’s ruling carries “significant implications for the integrity of the game,” and appropriate measures will be […]
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More than 10 years after Rui Pinto launched the Football Leaks platform as part of a campaign inspired by the 2015 Fifa controversy, he is once again at the centre of an escalating dispute. The former history student, known for his distinctive spiked hair, once supplemented his income by selling books about the second world […]
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The Swiss Football Association (SFV) confirmed on Wednesday that it has ended its backing for Gianni Infantino’s campaign to secure another term as Fifa president. At a meeting this week, the executive committee overturned its earlier endorsement of Infantino, who was born in Brig, an Alpine community in the southern Swiss canton of Valais. The […]
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Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has delivered a fierce criticism of Fifa leader Gianni Infantino, targeting the unsuccessful Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) initiative and a series of recent controversies. Declaring that “the emperor has no clothes”, he argued that the moment had come to say “enough”. Speaking to the European Football Clubs (EFC) general assembly, Ceferin […]
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England began their post-2022 World Cup schedule with a 2-1 victory in Italy. After the 2018 tournament, they returned with a 2-1 loss to Spain. Their first match following the 2014 World Cup was a 1-0 friendly triumph over Norway, although that side featured Joshua King, Håvard Nordtveit and Tarik Elyounoussi rather than the later […]
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It is as though an entire era has suddenly been called into question. Manchester City’s achievements in English football from 2009-10 to 2017-18 now risk being viewed differently: the 6-1 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford, Sergio Agüero’s dramatic stoppage-time title winner in 2012 and the campaign in which the club collected 100 points […]
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The Premier League has united with La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga in demanding immediate governance changes at Fifa following the controversial World Cup sell-off proposal known as FFE, as Gianni Infantino prepares to pursue a fourth presidential term. The forceful joint statement suggests that Infantino’s offer to commission an independent governance review is […]
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Fifa council members are expected to insist that Gianni Infantino broaden his proposed independent governance review to cover the cancelled World Cup commercial deal and the controversy involving Folarin Balogun. In a letter distributed to all 211 Fifa member associations on Monday, Infantino said he would ask the council to approve an assessment of “Fifa’s […]
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The dispute surrounding the lack of promotion and relegation in Mexican football has reached the national Senate, where lawmakers said a reform aimed at bringing back the system will be introduced on Tuesday. Senator Clemente Castañeda, a member of the Movimiento Ciudadano party, presented the proposal with support from leaders of other political groups, including […]
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino has agreed to authorize an independent governance review following growing pressure prompted by the controversy surrounding the proposed World Cup-related sale. Reports last month indicated that several Fifa Council members had been calling for an external examination of both the planned sale of Fifa Forward Enterprise and the dispute involving Folarin […]
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