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Gianni Infantino: Fifa president cleared in ethics probe
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been cleared of wrongdoing following an investigation into his expenses, recruitment and alleged sacking of whistleblowers. Infantino took charge of football's world governing body in February after the disgraced Sepp Blatter resigned. Fifa's ethics...
Fifa World Cup tickets breach $1,000 for first time
Some tickets for the World Cup final in Moscow in 2018 will cost more than $1,000 (£775) for the first time, governing body Fifa has revealed. The most expensive ticket for the 2018 final will be $1,100, up from $990 for the 2014 final in Rio de Janeiro. The other tickets will cost $455 and $710. However, Russian...
Fifa: Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke & Markus Kattner ‘awarded themselves £55m’
Former high-ranking Fifa officials Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner awarded themselves pay rises and bonuses worth $80m (£55m) over five years, say Fifa lawyers. Football's governing body revealed the contracts of ex-president Blatter, fired ex-secretary general Valcke and sacked former finance director...
FIFA elects Gianni Infantino as new president
FIFA has chosen Gianni Infantino as its new president. The Swiss won 115 votes, beating his nearest rival Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa, from Bahrain, who claimed 88 votes. Infantino will replace disgraced outgoing president Sepp Blatter, who had held the position since 1998 but was forced to resign last year amid a growing...
Infantino is voted new Fifa presidential
Gianni Infantino has succeeded fellow Swiss Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body Fifa. The Uefa secretary general polled 115 votes, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa. Prince Ali bin al-Hussein (four votes) and Jerome Champagne (0) were third and fourth respectively....
South American soccer bosses charged in latest FIFA graft probe – Reuters
Soccer bosses from across South and Central America were among 16 people charged on Thursday with multimillion-dollar bribery schemes for marketing and broadcast rights, in a dismantling of a Latin American soccer network by U.S. prosecutors, Reuters has reported. Court documents showed that the heads of the CONMEBOL and...
Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Visa call for FIFA’s Blatter to resign
Major soccer sponsors on Friday issued coordinated calls for the immediate resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter in the most significant move by companies supporting the sport since bribery and corruption scandal erupted at world football's governing body last May, according to Reuters. Coca-Cola Co, McDonald's,...