Gianni Infantino is set to face questions from Fifa council members about his role in the abandoned World Cup commercial deal, the Folarin Balogun matter and the decision to present Donald Trump with the first Fifa peace prize. The discussion is expected to be tense when the governing body meets at its headquarters on Thursday. […]
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Fifa permitted the Democratic Republic of the Congo to take part in this summer’s World Cup even though reports indicated that an internal inquiry had concluded the team used an ineligible player during qualification. The player involved was goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi, who delivered several impressive performances at the tournament, including in the last-32 match against […]
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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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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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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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Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt has asked Gianni Infantino to disclose every document connected to his discontinued World Cup commercial proposal and the decision to overturn USA forward Folarin Balogun’s suspension during last summer’s competition. Hewitt and several other FIFA Council members are seeking an independent investigation into both the proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) […]
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French Football Federation president Philippe Diallo said Gianni Infantino had “severely harmed football’s reputation and unity” while confirming that France would no longer support his bid for another term as president of the sport’s global governing body. On Thursday, the FFF’s executive committee voted unanimously to revoke the endorsement it had formally granted at the […]
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Gianni Infantino has placed Fifa’s administration of Caribbean nations under separate management from the rest of Concacaf, a decision his critics widely see as an effort to divide the coalition seeking to remove him from office. Concacaf represents North America, Central America and the Caribbean, which had previously been administered together. However, former Switzerland international […]
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