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Court shuts FIFA out of case investigating Infantino
By Reuters, 1642, January 13, 2021 (EAT)
Global soccer body FIFA has failed to win access to case files compiled by the special prosecutor named last year to handle an investigation into its ...

FIFA , Gianni Infantino
FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter
By Reuters, 1701, December 22, 2020 (EAT)
World football governing body FIFA say they have filed a criminal complaint with Zurich’s cantonal prosecutor, claiming evidence of “criminal mism...

FIFA , Sepp Blatter
Football world mourns as Argentina great Maradona dies
By Reuters, 1057, November 26, 2020 (EAT)
Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time before drug and alcohol addiction marred his career, died on Wednesd...

diego maradona
UEFA boss says handball rule causing frustration
By Reuters, 1326, November 6, 2020 (EAT)
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has asked FIFA to change the handball rule, saying the current interpretation has led to unfair decisions which had ...

Aleksander Ceferin , FIFA , Handball , UEFA , VAR
CAF president Ahmad tests positive for COVID-19
By Reuters, 1707, October 30, 2020 (EAT)
Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad Ahmad has become the latest senior global football figure to test positive for COVID-19 days a...

Ahmad Ahmad , CAF , FIFA , Gianni Infantino
FIFA boss Infantino not interested in European Super League
By Reuters, 1318, October 22, 2020 (EAT)
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Thursday he is not interested in a European Super League amid reports that some elite clubs were in talks to s...

European super league , FIFA , Gianni Infantino
FIFA president Infantino meets Trump to discuss 2026 World Cup
By Reuters, 1035, September 18, 2020 (EAT)
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has met United States president Donald Trump to discuss preparations for the 2026 World Cup which the country will co-host ...

2026 World Cup , Donald Trump , Gianni Infantino
FIFA’s ethics committee clears Infantino after investigation
By Reuters, 1145, August 20, 2020 (EAT)
FIFA's independent ethics committee has cleared the organisation’s president Gianni Infantino of any alleged breach of its code, world soccer’s go...

corruption , FIFA , Gianni Infantino
Swiss drop impeachment of attorney general in FIFA case
By Reuters, 1622, August 19, 2020 (EAT)
The Swiss parliament dropped its impeachment case against Attorney General Michael Lauber on Wednesday after he agreed to leave office early amid accu...

corruption , FIFA , Michael Lauber
Criminal proceedings against Infantino grotesque and absurd: FIFA
By Reuters, 901, August 4, 2020 (EAT)
Global soccer body FIFA has described the decision by Swiss authorities to open criminal proceedings against its president Gianni Infantino last week ...

Criminal proceedings , FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber
FIFA says no reason for Swiss authorities to investigate Infantino
By Reuters, 1324, August 3, 2020 (EAT)
Global soccer body FIFA has said there is no reason for Swiss authorities to launch criminal proceedings against its president Gianni Infantino who wi...

FIFA , Gianni Infantino
Former FIFA president Blatter calls for Infantino to be suspended
By Reuters, 1533, July 31, 2020 (EAT)
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for his successor, Gianni Infantino, to be suspended by the global soccer body after criminal proceeding...

corruption , FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Sepp Blatter
Criminal proceedings launched against FIFA boss Infantino
By Reuters, 1621, July 30, 2020 (EAT)
A special prosecutor looking into dealings between Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber and FIFA President Gianni Infantino has launched criminal pro...

FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber
Bundesliga takes no action against players supporting Floyd protests
By Reuters, 1753, June 3, 2020 (EAT)
Bundesliga players are free to show their support for protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed in police custody in the Un...

Bundesliga , George Floyd , Jadon Sancho , racism
FIFA adds voice to protests over Floyd’s death
By Reuters, 1200, June 3, 2020 (EAT)
The National Football League, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association have put out statements about the racial injustice that spark...

FIFA , George Floyd , Gianni Infantino , racism
Infantino says football will be totally different after coronavirus
By Reuters, 1910, April 2, 2020 (EAT)
Football will be totally different when it eventually resumes after the coronavirus outbreak, the head of global soccer body FIFA Gianni Infantino sai...

FIFA , football , Gianni Infantino
FIFA working on ‘Football Marshall plan’ for virus impact
By Reuters, 1017, April 1, 2020 (EAT)
FIFA are working on the details of a “Football Marshall plan” to deal with the financial fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic, which will almost...

coronavirus , FIFA , “Football Marshall plan”
UEFA president admits current season may not finish
By Reuters, 1706, March 29, 2020 (EAT)
The head of European soccer’s governing body said that the current season could be “lost” if it is unable to re-start by the end of June, althou...

Aleksander Ceferin , UEFA
CAF in deeper crisis as general secretary resigns
By Reuters, 1052, March 4, 2020 (EAT)
The Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) general secretary Mouad Hajji resigned on Monday, plunging the continent’s soccer governing body int...

Ahmad Ahmad , CAF , corruption , Mouad Hajji
Fifa to offer aid to players with unpaid salaries
By Agencies, 1656, February 11, 2020 (EAT)
FIFA and players' union FIFPRO are setting up a fund to help footballers who go unpaid and have no chance of receiving wages from clubs in financial d...

FIFA , FIFPro