1. For Jack By Gio Reyna (The Players Tribune) 2. Prosecutor urges case against FIFA president for private jet By Graham Dunbar (AP) 3. How bad was virus aid fraud? One banker was ‘frustrated with humanity’ By Stacy Cowley (New York Times)
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. USWNT stars are fleeing the United States for Europe, and COVID-19 isn’t the only reason By Caitlin Murray (Yahoo Sports) 2. Sources: NWSL to add Sacramento team, likely for 2021 season By MegLinehan and Paul Tenorio (The Athletic) 3. FIFA ethics committee drops Infantino case By Giuseppe Cacace (AFP)
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What They're Saying: Alasdair Bell
“There is something a little bit grotesque and unfair about all this because we are 100 percent confident that will never be a criminal charge, far less a criminal conviction, against the FIFApresident. But despite this, we have a situation, we have to acknowledge this, where objectively there is damage to both FIFA and to […]
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FIFA won't suspend Gianni Infantino pending criminal investigation
FIFA president Gianni Infantino willremain in charge while a Swiss criminal investigation is conducted into dealings with Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber and Rinaldo Arnold, Infantino’s childhood friend. Three key questions: FIFA president Gianni Infantino under criminal investigation In October 2015, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, then UEFA presidentand Infantino’s boss, were suspended […]
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino under criminal investigation — three key questions
FIFA president Gianni Infantino‘stroubles got a lot worse on Thursday when criminal proceedings were opened against him by a special Swiss prosecutor looking into his dealings with Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber. The move by Swiss Supreme Court president Stefan Keller, appointed as the special prosecutor in July, came after he reviewed two complaints made […]
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Investigations closing in on FIFA boss Gianni Infantino
FIFA President Gianni Infantino came to power in 2016 fast on the heels of his predecessor — the inept, cowardly and disloyal Sepp Blatter, who eventually stood downafter multiple FIFA officials were arrested in Zürichin May 2015. Infantino’s achievements in office over the past four years have been remarkable. After promising reforms and a new […]
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What They're Saying: Sepp Blatter
“When Platini said that he would have voted for Qatar anyway, especially for the development of football, it is not true. We had a consensus within the executive committee of FIFA, which plannedto award the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 World Cup to the United States. Everything went well until eight days […]
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What They're Saying: Michel Platini
“It hurts. It hurts for everything I can think of, everything I’ve done. It hurts, it hurts. But after all, they did their job and then we tried to answer all the questions.” — FormerFrench great and UEFA president Michel Platini upon being released Wednesday at 12:30 a.m. more than 15 hours after he was […]
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The talk of France …
There’s nothing like FIFA to rain on its own parade with one of its scandals. On Tuesday morning, the controversy surrounding the VAR decisions that led to France’s 1-0 victoryover Nigeria — and Les Bleues’ miserable showing — at the Women’s World Cup took a backseat to the news that Michel Platini, the former French […]
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What They're Saying: Sepp Blatter
“This is a question of respect, and I’ve reached the end of my temper. I think it’s not too much to ask to give me back personal belongings.” — Former FIFApresident Sepp Blatter, who plans on suing FIFA for the return of as many as 80 watches — brands like Patek Philippe, IWC and Omega […]