July 17 – Lionel Messi’s Argentina and Spain will headline Sunday’s blockbuster World Cup final, accompanied by US President Donald Trump and a drawn-out half-time show. After more than 100 matches and 46 teams that have fallen by the wayside, the South American champions and title holders will take on…
July 15 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been using the governing body’s staff to lobby and pressure national associations in to sending letters of support for his own re-election to the presidency at the FIFA Congress on 18 March 2027 in Rabat, Morocco. A number of national association presidents…
July 13 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said the world governing body will examine the possibility of expanding the World Cup from its new 48-team format to 64, possibly as early as 2030, which will be co-hosted by Morocco, Portugal and Spain with opening games in South America. With…
July 10 – European lawmakers for the third time in two weeks have sent a letter raising FIFA governance issues, and for a second time demanding that FIFA investigate its president, Gianni Infantino. On Wednesday, 72 members of the European Parliament demanded an investigation into Infantino over the suspension of…
July 9 – As pressure continues to mount on FIFA President Gianni Infantino following a series of controversial incidents, non-governmental organisation (NGO) FairSquare has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission investigation into an alleged breach of political neutrality. It follows FIFA’s decision to suspend a one-match ban for United States forward Folarin Balogun following a…
July 7 – In the biggest sporting scandal in World Cup history, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and US President Donald Trump conspired to free Folarin Balogun to play for the United States in their round of sixteen fixture against Belgium and undermine the sporting integrity of the tournament, but Rudi Garcia’s…
July 3 – Belgium manager Rudi Garcia has rebuked allegations of racism following a controversial analysis of Belgium’s 3-2 win against Senegal at the World Cup. Following the final whistle, Garcia had said that “we know those teams…Towards the end of the match they lose their tactical structure.” His words…
July 3 – UEFA have removed Czech club MFK Karviná from participation in the 2026/27 UEFA Europa League (UEL) over its involvement in the match scandal that saw more than 50 people arrested by Czech police in March. UEFA said that its Appeals Body had ruled “MFK Karviná ineligible to…
July 1 – Juventus have been hit with a €20 million fine and Newcastle with a €10 million fine for breaking UEFA financial sustainability rules over the football earnings rule. Newcastle had a further fine €3 million fine for breaking UEFA’s squad cost rules (reporting a squad cost ratio above…
June 29 – Iran’s captain Mehdi Taremi labelled the World Cup “a disaster”, criticising FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino before his team’s exit from the tournament. The Iranians came within a whisker of progressing to the knockout stages: they smashed the woodwork and had a goal ruled out in…