6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (306+ words) September 7 – Officials in UEFA club competitions will wear branded sleeve patches after STRAUSS became the European body’s first ever refereeing sponsor. The three-year deal with the German workwear brand is aimed at supporting and developing refereeing across European football. The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (720+ words) September 3 – The Dutch FA’s (KNVB) withdrawal of support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino and call for FIFA reform was rooted in a much deeper concern for the future of international football and FIFA’s role, than just the proposed FIFA Football…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (359+ words) August 26 – The Irish FA has become the fourth of the home nations to formally withdraw support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino, saying that “time for change has come”. With the Northern Irish FA distancing itself from Infantino’s beleaguered regime, all…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (53+ words) Inside World Football August 25 – Guinea has approached neighbouring Senegal over a joint bid to host the 2032 Africa Cup of Nations, four years after being stripped of the 2025 tournament over delays to infrastructure. News from North and Central America and the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (379+ words) August 21 – UEFA and Concacaf are reportedly looking at turning their open opposition to Gianni Infantino into something far more tangible – a new 96-team Nations League that would sit largely outside FIFA’s competitive structure. According to the Guardian, the two confederations…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (477+ words) August 21 – Having challenged the AFC and its president Shaikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khelifi over the AFC’s coalition support alongside Concacaf and UEFA and their challenge to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, the Qatar FA has attempted to row back the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (460+ words) August 19 – Senegal have turned to Patrick Vieira to lead the national team into a new cycle, appointing the former Arsenal and France captain as head coach following Pape Thiaw’s dismissal after a disappointing World Cup. Vieira, born in Dakar before…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (544+ words) August 18 – Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has added the voice of the world’s leading professional league to the cacophony of criticism of the now seemingly in-hiding FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Masters echoes many of the comments made by his…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (213+ words) August 19 – Hungarian FA president Sándor Csányi, perhaps until now one of FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s strongest supporters in European federations, has turned his back on him with a stinging rebuke over the sacking of FIFA’s chief operating office Kevin Lamour....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (233+ words) August 18 – Rights group FairSquare has demanded that FIFA prevent the organisation’s boss Gianni Infantino from running for the presidency again. In a letter to FIFA’s Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee, FairSquare argued that Infantino cannot run again under the world…...