Megan Rapinoe has backed the booing of FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino after the USA secured back-to-back World Cups. Goals from Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle saw USA beat the Netherlands and become World Champions for the fourth time in…
FIFA urges zero tolerance on racism (Eurosport)
FIFA has urged national football federations and leagues to adopt their own tough rules on dealing with racism, including allowing referees to stop or abandon matches. Football’s global governing body issued a statement on Saturday in response to recent incidents…
Infantino, Samoura, 20 football presidents expected in Lagos as Nigeria rewards players (Guardian)
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, the world football governing body’s Secretary General, Fatma Samoura and about 20 presidents of FIFA/CAF affiliated bodies are among the dignitaries expected in Lagos this weekend for Monday’s AITEO-NFF Football Awards ceremony scheduled for the Eko…
World Cup 2022: plan to expand to 48 countries exposes football’s regional fault lines (Theconversation)
Football’s top brass are heading to Miami as FIFA’s Council gets together for one of its regular meetings. Generally, these gatherings are tepid affairs as football’s world governing body works through the minutiae of governing a game that has an…
German football boss blasts Infantino (Punch)
German Football Federation president Reinhard Grindel has launched a withering attack on FIFA president Gianni Infantino over a lack of transparency on proposals for new competitions in an interview with Sportbuzzer.de published on Wednesday. “With this lack of transparency on…
‘FIFA Leaks are weak, have no effect on Africa’s support for Infantino’ (Guardian)
Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick yesterday dismissed as of no effect the recent Football Leaks in which some hackers have been releasing documents from the private and official emails of members of the FIFA executive. Pinnick said the hackers…
World Cup could expand four years early (BBC)
The expansion of the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams could be brought forward from 2026 to 2022, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino. The change would require Qatar to share 2022 hosting duties with other countries in the region.…
We’ll only sign treaties that impact lives of Nigerians, says Buhari (Sun) * Boko Haram jihadists kill two in Borno town (Guardian)
We’ll only sign treaties that impact lives of Nigerians, says Buhari (Sun) President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that Nigeria would not sign any treaty without assessing the impact it would have on the lives of Nigerians. President Buhari made the…
FIFA chief outraged after Ronaldo, Messi snub The Best awards ceremony (DailyMail)
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is furious with CristianoFIFA chief outraged after Ronaldo, Messi snub The Best awards ceremony Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for their failure to attend this year’s The Best awards ceremony in London. The game’s governing body welcomed…
Donald Trump given red card by Fifa boss in Oval Office (ITV)
President Donald Trump received a red card among other gifts in an Oval Office meeting with the head of world football’s governing body. Fifa president Gianni Infantino gave Mr Trump several tokens during a meeting on Tuesday, including red and…