Arquivos de Tag: FIFA

UEFA preparing criminal complaint against FIFA’s Infantino, asks U.S. courts for FIFA documents

Europe’s soccer governing body is asking a U.S. federal court for permission to obtain testimony and documents from FIFA entities in Florida that it could use in a planned criminal complaint against embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino. In a court filing on Thursday, UEFA said it is preparing a criminal complaint in Swiss courts against […]

Red lines have been crossed – there must be a Fifa reckoning | Football

Fifa president Gianni Infantino at the World Cup (Picture: Reuters) Given how fast the story is moving it is likely that between the time of writing and this reaching your eyes even more new elements will have come to light in the saga of Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino. The relentless issuing of different […]

European soccer says it has lost confidence in FIFA chief Gianni Infantino as investment plan scrapped

Successfully stopping Gianni Infantino’s FIFA plan to sell World Cup profits to private investors was the first half of a high-stakes game in global soccer politics. The second half kicked off Saturday with what seemed a clear aim of ending Infantino’s decade-long presidency. “No option should be off the table,” said European soccer body UEFA, […]

Gianni Infantino scraps FIFA plan to sell off World Cup | Football

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FIFA drops World Cup investment plan after backlash from major soccer groups

FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, is shelving a controversial plan that would have allowed for billions of dollars in private commercial investment in the World Cup after the proposal was met with fierce opposition from its member nations.   “Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions […]

Gianni Infantino’s senior FIFA advisor quits in protest over World Cup plan | Football

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FIFA official resigns in protest over World Cup investment plan as 3rd governing body rejects privatization

The pressure is rising on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ditch a World Cup privatization plan that could draw investments up to $20 billion, but which has drawn widespread condemnation from most of soccer’s worldwide governing bodies. The latest rebukes of the plan came on Friday when a senior adviser to Infantino stepped down in […]

FIFA hits back as UEFA plan to boycott World Cup over Gianni Infantino plan | Football

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UEFA plan World Cup boycott in response to controversial FIFA plan | Football

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European soccer’s UEFA boycotts FIFA over plan to sell World Cup stake to investors led by Joshua Kushner

Every major European national soccer team threatened Thursday to collectively boycott competitions organized by global soccer’s nonprofit governing body FIFA over plans by the federation to sell off a minority stake in the World Cup tournament to private investors.  A source close to Joshua Kushner’s company, Thrive Capital, dismissed criticism over the firm’s involvement in […]