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Fifth FIFA Vice-President Withdraws Support for Gianni Infantino, Citing ‘Loss of Confidence’

August 20, 2026August 20, 2026grace

Gianni Infantino has been abandoned by another Fifa vice-president after Hungarian Football Federation leader Sandor Csanyi questioned the president’s “professional judgment, ethical standards and leadership”. In a strongly worded letter delivered to Infantino on Tuesday and initially acquired by the AFP news agency, Csanyi says he has “lost the confidence I previously placed in you”. […]

Israel Pulls Backing for Under-Fire FIFA President Gianni Infantino

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026grace

Gianni Infantino’s dismissal of chief operating officer Kevin Lamour, who had opposed plans to sell a stake connected to the World Cup, has strengthened resistance to the Fifa president. Attempts to remove Infantino are now expected to gain momentum in the coming days. Israel became the latest Fifa member to formally withdraw its backing for […]

Premier League Boss Richard Masters Says FIFA Undermined Itself with World Cup Proposal

August 18, 2026August 18, 2026grace

Last month, Chelsea were fined £10m and handed a suspended two-window ban on registering new players after violating regulations governing payments to agents between 2009 and 2022. The club also faced a six-point penalty, suspended until 30 June 2027, but that sanction was overturned on appeal. Chelsea acknowledged that £47m had been paid secretly to […]

Infantino Supporter Says FIFA President Retains Majority Backing Among Football Associations | FIFA

August 18, 2026August 19, 2026grace

A longtime associate of Gianni Infantino has declared that he would “take a bullet” for the Fifa president, insisting that Infantino continues to enjoy strong backing from the organisation’s influential congress despite growing calls for his removal. However, Véron Mosengo-Omba, formerly Fifa’s chief member associations officer until 2021 and now head of the Congolese Football […]

FIFA: Kevin Lamour Dismissed After Criticizing President Gianni Infantino

August 18, 2026August 18, 2026grace

Fifa has dismissed chief operating officer Kevin Lamour, less than three weeks after he publicly condemned president Gianni Infantino’s abandoned proposal to sell interests in competitions to private investors. A Fifa representative confirmed in a statement that the organisation’s working relationship with Lamour in his role as chief operating officer ended on 17 August 2026. […]

FIFA Executive Dismissed After Criticizing Infantino’s World Cup Sell-Off Proposal | FIFA

August 18, 2026August 18, 2026grace

Kevin Lamour, the chief operating officer of FIFA, has been dismissed after publicly opposing Gianni Infantino’s unsuccessful proposal to sell stakes in World Cup-related assets to private investors. The departure marks a major development within football’s troubled global governing organisation. Lamour leaves less than two years after arriving from UEFA. He strongly objected to Infantino’s […]

Global showdown: where football stands on FIFA and Infantino – explained | FIFA

August 14, 2026August 15, 2026grace

How do things stand? Following this week’s executive committee meeting, the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) eventually released a statement applauding Fifa for the “progress achieved over the last decade”. All six continental bodies have now responded to the controversy surrounding the World Cup commercial deal, which has deeply divided international football. On the central question […]

Infantino’s Rivals Draft New Blueprint for Governing World Football | FIFA

August 12, 2026August 12, 2026grace

Gianni Infantino’s critics are joining forces to develop a new model for governing global football, aiming to replace what they see as a patronage-based structure introduced after he succeeded Sepp Blatter as president a decade ago. Infantino has not responded to repeated demands from Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation for an independent examination […]

Map Reveals Global Support and Opposition to FIFA President Gianni Infantino

August 11, 2026August 16, 2026grace

A number of European nations, among them England and Wales, have officially retracted the letters endorsing Infantino that were previously submitted ahead of next year’s election. Opposition to Infantino grew stronger on Monday after European governing body Uefa, North America’s Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) issued a joint letter alleging that he and […]

Donald Trump Backs Embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino

August 11, 2026August 11, 2026grace

US President Donald Trump has warned that removing Fifa president Gianni Infantino from office amid mounting pressure would be a “terrible mistake”. Trump expressed his support after Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation published an open letter alleging that Infantino had damaged trust “through deception” over the abandoned Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan. The […]