6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (282+ words) September 8 – NGO Fossil Free Football has demanded UEFA ban advertisements of polluting companies from its competitions. In a new report, the rights groups said that UEFA has rolled back its climate targets and embraced pro-fossil fuel messaging in the Champions…...

1+ week, 4+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (398+ words) September 2 – The Danish, Finnish, and Swedish Football Associations have written to EU commissioner for youth, culture and sport Glenn Micallef, expressing “serious concern” over FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s attempt to sell off the World Cup rights to a private equity…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (385+ words) September 1 – Venture capitalist Joshua Kushner has expressed regret over FIFA’s abandoned plans to sell off the World Cup. He was to be a lead investor. After weeks of silence following Gianni Infantino’s abandoned privatization plans for the World Cup, Kushner…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (986+ words) August 27 – Despite stakeholder fury and legal threats, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has remained steadfast in his refusal to allow an independent financial and governance audit into his abandoned plan to sell off FIFA’s commercial and events operation business to a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (461+ words) August 28 – UEFA has taken the first legal steps of bringing a criminal complaint against FIFA president Gianni Infantino, and potentially other FIFA executives, over its plan to sell off World Cup commercial rights. An application for an order to obtain…...

2+ week, 5+ 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…...

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   (285+ words) August 21 – FIFA boss Gianni Infantino staged conversations with private investors to explore the commercialisation of an Under-15 World Cup. The Athletic reports that Infantino sought to commercialise the U15 festival, a tournament to which FIFA has invited all 211 member associations. It’s…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (529+ words) Infantino was invited to the tournament before the current crisis around his leadership broke. Concacaf’s president Victor Montagliani and senior Concacaf officials had already registered to attend the finals. Since July 31, when Infantino withdrew his World Cup sell-off plans, he…...