Ella Toone has been added to England’s squad at a late stage for this month’s Women’s World Cup play-off matches against Greece. The Manchester United midfielder was initially left out alongside Arsenal winger Chloe Kelly, with manager Sarina Wiegman explaining that neither player had reached their expected level in recent weeks. Toone has registered 24 […]
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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 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”. […]
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New Zealand has departed from the position taken by Oceania’s football authority, becoming the latest country to withhold its backing for Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Infantino no longer has the support of three regional bodies—Europe’s Uefa, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and Concacaf, which represents North America, Central America, and the Caribbean—following his abandoned proposal […]
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