October 8 – Ahead of the FIFA Council meeting next Thursday in Zurich, UEFA’s member associations, meeting in Berlin yesterday (Thursday), have outlined a set of reform proposals that hit at the very heart of FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s leadership and FIFA’s basic governance. Following Infantino’s attempt to…
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September 25 – Four of Europe’s Big 5 leagues – the world’s biggest domestic club competitions – have piled more pressure on embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino telling him reform must go deeper than “surface-level”, and under Infantino’s leadership “football has suffered one of the biggest abuses of…
Read More August 28 – UEFA has taken the first legal steps of bringing a criminal complaint against FIFA president Gianni Infantino, and potentially other FIFA executives, over its plan to sell off World Cup commercial rights. An application for an order to obtain discovery of information from FIFA (Americas)…
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August 21 – Fan groups have demanded the resignation of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and reform of the world governing body. Following in the footsteps of a chorus of stakeholders, a coalition of fans from around the world no longer want to see Infantino in charge of the…
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August 14 – FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has received endorsements from six Arab federations amid anger over FIFA’s aborted plans to sell the World Cup. On Thursday, Morocco, Qatar, Egypt, Mauritania, Lebanon and Sudan offered their “full support” for the FIFA boss. The FA presidents of Morocco, Qatar,…
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August 12 – The Australian FA, Football Australia, has aligned with continental governing body AFC in opposition to FIFA boss Gianni Infantino. A member of the AFC since 2006, Australia has added to the pressure on Infantino and his aborted privatisation plans for the World Cup by demanding…
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July 31 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his FIFA administration are becoming increasingly isolated by their members with the announcement by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) this morning that it “stands in solidarity with UEFA and Concacaf”. In a hard-hitting rebuke of the proposed sell-off of FIFA’s…
Read More July 15 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been using the governing body’s staff to lobby and pressure national associations in to sending letters of support for his own re-election to the presidency at the FIFA Congress on 18 March 2027 in Rabat, Morocco. A number of national…
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May 8 – US president Donald Trump has questioned the high ticket prices at the World Cup, arguing he wouldn’t pay a four-figure World Cup ticket for a United States match. In an interview with the New York Post, Trump, in reference to $1,000+ tickets for the United…
Read More April 16 – FIFA President Gianni Infantino has reiterated that Iran will participate in the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada despite a U.S.-led war against the country. Speaking at CNBC’s Invest in America Forum, Infantino stressed the importance of Iran’s participation in the…
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