Hopes and expectations of FIFA reform under president Gianni Infantino have taken another setback. The Guardian reported Infantino orchestrated the removal of the ethics committee chairman andmembers last May while the committee was investigating Infantino for allegedly citing an inaccurate amount of money he spent on his election campaign.
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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FIFA has a Russia problem
Only now will attention turn to Russia and the 2018 World Cup, and we’re surely in for a rocky ride. It begins with next month’s Confederations Cup — the World Cup dress rehearsal — and FIFA isalready facing questions on multiple fronts about its Russian adventure. The focal point: the Zenit Arena in Vladimir Putin‘s […]
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Infantino shows some of Blatter's thirst for power
What’s the difference between FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his discredited predecessor, Sepp Blatter? “One comes from Brig,” ousted FIFA investigator CornelBorbely said. “The other from Visp.” While Infantino is not accused of financial wrongdoing like Blatter, the former UEFA executive seems to have the same thirst for power inthe clandestine way decisions are made.
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Infantino derides 'fake news' and 'alternative facts'
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said his organization’s reputation is being rebuilt from the chaos of his predecessor, Sepp Blatter, and had little use for media criticism. “There are a lot of fake news and alternative facts about FIFA circulating,” said Infantino, speaking before Thursday’s FIFA congress in Bahrain. “FIFA bashing has become a national sport […]
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Does FIFA have its own Comey problem?
On Tuesday, the same day FBI director James Comey was fired, the FIFA Council decided not to renew the terms of FIFA chief ethics investigator Cornel Borbely and FIFA ethics chief judgeHans-Joachim Eckert. As you can imagine, Borbely and Eckert have been busy the last few years. The federal indictment of dozens of soccer officials […]
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World Cup 2026 bid: What we know and don't know
The USA, Canada and Mexico announced plans to submit a unified bid to host the 2026 World Cup. Here’s what we know and don’t know about the bid announced Monday by U.S. Soccer president SunilGulati, Concacaf and CSA president Victor Montagliani (left in photo) and Mexican federation president Decio de Maria (right) at New York’s One World […]
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FIFA concludes internal investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption
After 22 months of investigating itself, FIFA has announced the process is complete. It had hired a law firm based in Los Angeles, Quinn Emanuel, to conduct the investigation intoallegations of fraud and corruption stemming from raids of offices and arrests of top officials starting in May of 2015. The fruits of the investigation: more […]
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What They're Saying: Gianni Infantino
“The requirements will be clear. And then each country can make up their decision, whether they want to bid or not based on the requirements. Nothing to do with the U.S. or not, it’s general sportingcriterion. Mr. Trump is the president of the United States of America and as such of course [I have] huge […]
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Fan confidence in FIFA remains low in Infantino era
A year after Gianni Infantino was elected president of FIFA, fan confidence in the organization, a worldwide symbol of corruption following years of scandals, remains low. TransparencyInternational and Forza Football, a football fan opinion platform with more than 3 million subscribers, just completed a snap survey of 25,000 fans from over 50 countries. The results: […]