Gianni Infantino
28 Feb
Algeria, Bolivia, Andorra, and South Africa have been listed among teams to participate in a new series of friendly matches, launched by world football governing body, FIFA, in a bid to offer..
22 Jan
FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has called for the implementation of an automatic forfeit of games for teams whose fans commit racist abuse after the weekend’s “totally abhorrent” incidents at Udinese and Sheffield Wednesday.
21 Jan
FIFA president Gianni Infantino called for worldwide stadium bans for fans and "automatic forfeits" for teams whose supporters hurl "abhorrent" abuse following racist incidents in Italy and England on Saturday.
12 Dec
FIFA chief Gianni Infantino on Tuesday called the attack on a Turkish football referee by the president of top-flight club Ankaragucu "totally unacceptable." The Turkish football federation suspended all leagues indefinitely after referee Halil Umut Meler was punched by Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca after Monday's 1-1 draw with Caykur Rizespor. "There is absolutely no place…
26 Oct
Swiss prosecutors announced Thursday they have dropped their three-year criminal proceedings against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over suspected collusion with officials concerning the corruption scandal that engulfed world football's governing body.
5 Oct 2023
The 2030 World Cup will be held across six countries in three continents, World Football governing body, FIFA, confirmed yesterday. Spain, Portugal and Morocco have been named as the co-hosts, with the opening three matches taking place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.
23 Sep 2023
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, and the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s (UNIDO), Gerd Müller, have met to look at ways to explore opportunities for African cotton-producing nations...
20 Sep 2023
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, and Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday in New York reviewed the progress of their collaboration in leveraging football’s power and influence...
19 Sep 2023
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino and Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday in New York reviewed the progress of their collaboration in leveraging football's power and influence to boost the economies of the least developed countries, with a particular focus on the ‘Cotton Four plus’ nations (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and…
18 Aug 2023
FIFA president Gianni Infantino hit back on Friday at critics of the decision to expand the Women's World Cup to 32 teams, saying, "I'm sorry, but FIFA was right."
20 Jul 2023
One month after ‘guaranteeing’ 2023 Women's World Cup players would be paid at least $30,000 apiece, FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, couldn't promise participating country associations will dispense prize money equally.
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