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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
FIFA ends intervention in African football
By Reuters, 1052, February 5, 2020 (EAT)
FIFA is ending its six-month intervention in African soccer’s governing body, it said on Sunday, after the mission to speed up the reform of footbal...

CAF , FIFA
Italian soccer stars banned for blasphemy
By Imani Mitchelle, 1107, October 30, 2019 (EAT)
Two Italian soccer players have been given one-match bans for blasphemy after being filmed taking God's name in vain while out on the field of play. ...

blasphemy , Magnanelli , Matteo Scozzarella
China to host expanded Club World Cup in 2021
By Reuters, 1242, October 24, 2019 (EAT)
China will host the first edition of the new, expanded 24-team Club World Cup in 2021, FIFA president Gianni Infantino told reporters on Thursday foll...

china , Club World Cup , FIFA , Gianni Infantino
La Liga renew efforts to host game in America
By Reuters, 1817, October 17, 2019 (EAT)
Spain’s La Liga has renewed its efforts to host a league game in Miami, officially requesting a change of venue for December’s fixture between Vil...

FIFA , La Liga
FIFA tells Iran to let women into stadiums
By Reuters, 1604, September 19, 2019 (EAT)
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has told Iran it is time to allow women into football stadiums and the global soccer body expects “positive developm...

FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Iran
FIFA officials to visit Iran after death of ‘Blue Girl’
By Reuters, 1234, September 12, 2019 (EAT)
FIFA officials will visit Iran, following the death of a female fan who set herself on fire in protest at her arrest for attending a match, world socc...

Blue Girl
Kenyan among experts assembled to assist CAF reforms
By Reuters, 1354, September 12, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan lawyer Janet Katisya is among a five-person team of experts brought together by FIFA to help reform the scandal-ridden Confederation of African...

CAF , FIFA , Janet Katisya
FIFA approves expansion of women’s World Cup
By Reuters, 749, August 1, 2019 (EAT)
World football’s governing body FIFA has approved the expansion of the Women’s World Cup from the existing 24 teams to 32 for the 2023 edition and...

FIFA , Women's World Cup
Ahmad sacks deputy as CAF purge continues
By Reuters, 1125, July 19, 2019 (EAT)
Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad fired his deputy Amaju Pinnick on Thursday just as global governing body FIFA was releas...

Ahmad Ahmad , Amaju Pinnick , CAF , corruption , FIFA