The Confederation of African Football “unanimously reconfirmed its support for embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino following a meeting of its executive committee on Thursday. He has been under intense pressure for the world football governing body’s handling of a now-shelved proposal to open the World Cup to private investment. With CAF making up 54 of…
Gianni Infantino has apologised for “errors” he made in controversial plans to sell off stakes in competitions to private investors, but will remain Fifa president after receiving the backing of senior executives in a meeting in Morocco. Infantino summoned members of the management board to Fifa’s Africa office in Rabat on Wednesday following mounting criticism…
UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and that “no option should be off the table” as it will pursue a full review of his now-abandoned plan to sell stakes of the World Cup to private equity investors. Infantino was forced to scrap the plan early Saturday after his senior adviser,…
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has formally rejected FIFA’s proposal to sell stakes in the FIFA World Cup to private investors, becoming the latest football governing body to oppose the plan. The decision was reached after representatives of all 41 Concacaf member associations met on Thursday to deliberate on…
World Football governing body, FIFA has told member associations they will each receive $40 million if they back a plan to sell stakes in major competitions – but they must sign up by 19 September. The sport’s global governing body on Tuesday, July 28, announced proposals to set up a commercial subsidiary to run events,…
FIFA have launched an investigation for an alleged incident of racist abuse involving YouTuber IShowSpeed and a supporter during Argentina’s 3-2 win over Cape Verde in the World Cup on Friday. IShowSpeed was livestreaming the game and could be heard asking a fan in an Argentina jersey what was being said toward him. “FIFA strongly…
World Cup organisers on Tuesday, December 16, announced the introduction of a cheaper category of tickets for the 2026 tournament following sustained criticism over pricing for the competition in the United States, Canada and Mexico. FIFA said in a statement that it had created “Supporter Entry Tier tickets set at 60 US dollars each and…
Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has cemented his place in Ghana’s football history after leading the national team to a second straight FIFA World Cup qualification. Ghana secured their spot at the 2026 tournament with a hard-fought 1–0 win over Comoros in their final Group I qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday,…
