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World Cup winners demand reform at FIFA, call Infantino ‘blinded by power’

A coalition of former international soccer stars, including World Cup winners and FIFA-designated legends, issued a joint statement on Monday demanding immediate reform at FIFA, accusing President Gianni Infantino of being "blinded by power" and calling for structural changes that…

UEFA chief rules out FIFA presidency bid, demands Infantino resign

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has declared he will not seek the FIFA presidency but warned Gianni Infantino that he must either resign or face a challenger when elections take place in Rabat, Morocco, next March. The comments, made in an…

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Six Nordic nations declare no confidence in FIFA chief Infantino

Six Nordic football associations declared on Sunday that they have "lost confidence" in FIFA President Gianni Infantino, issuing a joint statement that deepens the crisis engulfing world football's governing body over a failed plan to sell a stake in the…

CONCACAF chief asks Infantino to skip youth event amid FIFA governance crisis

CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani has formally asked FIFA President Gianni Infantino to stay away from a youth football tournament in the Dominican Republic this weekend, warning that his presence would "undermine" the children's matches amid a deepening governance crisis at…

FIFA fires COO who accused Infantino of deception

FIFA confirmed on Monday that chief operating officer Kevin Lamour has left the governing body, the latest fallout from president Gianni Infantino's abandoned plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors. The departure came on the…

European clubs threatened Club World Cup boycott over FIFA sell-off plan

European clubs threatened to pull out of future editions of the FIFA Club World Cup unless president Gianni Infantino scrapped his FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, according to a report published on August 15 by The Guardian and cited by Anadolu…

Six Arab soccer federations back Infantino amid FIFA crisis

Six heads of Arab national football associations issued a joint statement on Thursday declaring their full support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino, even as the Football Association of Ireland became the latest body to withdraw its backing amid a deepening…

BBC tally shows 124 FIFA members oppose Infantino

A new analysis by BBC Sport has mapped the positions of all 210 FIFA voting member associations toward president Gianni Infantino, revealing a deeply fractured global football community. The tally shows 73 associations still backing Infantino, 124 opposed, and 13…

Trump warns FIFA against ousting Infantino amid World Cup sales crisis

President Donald Trump inserted himself into a growing crisis atop world soccer on Monday, warning that FIFA would make a "terrible mistake" if it moved to oust president Gianni Infantino, who faces mounting pressure from three major confederations over a…

UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC discuss rival tournaments to challenge FIFA

Three of football's most powerful regional governing bodies have begun preliminary discussions about organizing rival international tournaments to those run by FIFA, escalating a crisis that threatens to fracture global football governance.

UEFA, AFC, CONCACAF accuse Infantino of ‘deception’ over World Cup stake sale

Three of football's most powerful confederations launched their sharpest attack yet on FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Monday, accusing him of breaking trust "through deception" and calling for an independent investigation into his handling of a now-abandoned plan to sell…

FIFA denounces ‘concerted effort’ to oust Infantino

FIFA on Saturday issued a forceful statement condemning what it described as "a concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine" the organization and its president Gianni Infantino, as a leadership crisis that began with a failed privatization scheme continues…

Norway calls on FIFA’s Infantino to resign as Europe’s boycott threat holds

Norway's soccer federation on Friday formally called on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign, escalating a leadership crisis that has split global football into warring camps after his failed attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.

Rights groups demand FIFA overhaul amid leadership crisis

A coalition of human rights organizations led by Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on FIFA to implement sweeping governance reforms, arguing that the world football body's ongoing leadership crisis exposes…

FIFA executives faced midnight ultimatum on World Cup sale

On the eve of the World Cup final, five of FIFA's most senior officials were summoned to a hastily arranged meeting at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan and told they had until midnight to approve a plan that would…

UEFA upholds World Cup boycott despite Infantino apology

European football's governing body declared on Thursday that its 55 member associations remain committed to boycotting FIFA competitions, dismissing FIFA president Gianni Infantino's apology and the backing he received from senior staff at a crisis meeting in Morocco as insufficient…

FIFA leaders reaffirm support for Infantino at crisis meeting in Morocco

FIFA said on Wednesday that its leadership reaffirmed "full support" for President Gianni Infantino at a crisis meeting with senior officials in Rabat, Morocco, as the embattled head of world soccer's governing body sought to shore up his position amid…

Infantino holds crisis meeting as FIFA World Cup stake sale fallout deepens

FIFA President Gianni Infantino held an emergency meeting with senior officials in Salé, Morocco, on Wednesday as the fallout from his abandoned plan to sell commercial rights to the World Cup deepened, with Portugal great Luís Figo joining a growing…

Top FIFA executives distance themselves from Infantino’s failed World Cup sell-off

Less than two weeks after overseeing one of the most financially successful World Cups in history, FIFA President Gianni Infantino faces an existential threat to his leadership as senior executives publicly turn against him and UEFA pursues legal action over…

UEFA threatens FIFA with legal action over World Cup sell-off plan

European soccer's governing body UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over president Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private investors, warning that potential evidence should not be destroyed, as the embattled…

FIFA drops World Cup private equity plan after boycott threats

FIFA abandoned its plan to sell stakes in a commercial World Cup subsidiary to private equity investors late Friday after European nations threatened to boycott the tournament and all other FIFA competitions, marking one of the most dramatic reversals in…

UEFA, AFC, CONCACAF plot to paralyze FIFA and oust Infantino

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has reportedly sought support from the Trump administration as a cross-continental alliance of soccer confederations threatens to cripple the governing body's operations and force him from power. The escalating standoff follows the collapse of Infantino's controversial…

FIFA’s Infantino turns to Trump admin as ouster push grows

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has scheduled a private call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday morning, seeking the Trump administration's backing as he faces growing pressure to resign over his failed attempt to sell World Cup commercial…

Macron personally urged Infantino to drop FIFA investment plan, L’Équipe reports

French President Emmanuel Macron personally telephoned FIFA president Gianni Infantino to voice opposition to a controversial proposal that would have opened the World Cup's commercial rights to private investors, according to reporting by L'Équipe. The intervention adds another layer of…

Infantino’s FIFA presidency called untenable after World Cup sell-off collapses

Carlos Cordeiro, the senior FIFA adviser who represented world soccer's governing body on the White House Task Force for the 2026 World Cup, resigned on Friday in protest of the organization's plan to sell stakes in the tournament to private…

UEFA declares loss of confidence in Infantino after he drops World Cup sale plan

UEFA and its 55 national associations have unanimously voted to boycott all FIFA competitions unless the organization abandons a plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors — a crisis that deepened on Saturday when Europe's…

FIFA scraps $20B World Cup sell-off after global revolt

FIFA's plan to sell a roughly 20% stake in its commercial operations to outside investors has collapsed following a worldwide backlash from soccer officials and internal dissent among top executives, the New York Post reported on Friday. The deal, which…

UK PM Burnham calls on FIFA’s Infantino to resign over World Cup sale plan

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Friday became the first leader of a major country to call for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign, saying the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup's commercial rights to private investors disqualifies…

FIFA COO says he was deceived by Infantino’s privatization plan

FIFA's internal crisis deepened on Friday as two senior figures publicly broke with President Gianni Infantino over his secretive plan to sell stakes in the organization's commercial operations to private investors, with a third continental governing body joining the opposition.

Asian confederation joins opposition to FIFA private equity plan

FIFA has pushed back against mounting opposition to its proposed private investment plan, attributing the backlash to "inaccurate media reporting" and pledging to consult all 211 member associations before any decision is taken. The response came late Thursday after UEFA…