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Six Arab FA’s issue message of joint support for Infantino
August 14 – FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has received endorsements from six Arab federations amid anger over FIFA’s aborted plans to sell the World Cup. On Thursday, Morocco, Qatar, Egypt, Mauritania, Lebanon and Sudan offered their “full support” for the FIFA boss. The FA presidents of Morocco, Qatar, Egypt and Mauritania – Fouzi Lekjaa, Sheikh […]
Joshua Kushner secures ownership of LA Lakers following failed World Cup sale
August 13 – Following a failed attempt to invest in the World Cup, Joshua Kushner has taken ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise in a mammoth $12.5 billion deal. Together with former Disney executive Bob Iger, Kushner is acquiring the majority stake from the previous owner, Mark Walter. The deal is subject to […]
Brazil’s SportyNet to air two Serie A matches a week
August 12 – Brazilian sports content platform SportyNet will show Serie A next season through a sub licence deal, adding one of Europe’s grand old leagues to its offering. Via a tie up with ESPN, Serie A’s main Brazilian rights holder, SportyNet will air 76 matches from the 2026/27 campaign, two per game week. Those games will […]
FIFA issues further defence of Infantino alongside an attempt to gag world’s media
August 10 – FIFA has hit back at what it is calling a “concerted effort” to undermine its president Gianni Infantino, who is under increasing pressure to resign over his aborted plans to privatise the World Cup and FIFA’s major events. The world governing body lashed out at UEFA and the media in a thinly […]
Conmebol backs Infantino as it pushes for 64-team 2030 World Cup, Mexico breaks Concacaf ranks
August 7 – South America and Mexico, splitting the Concacaf region, have backed FIFA president Gianni Infantino to continue in post, despite his attempt to sell off the World Cup commercial and organisational rights to a private equity business backed by Thrive Capital, led by by the brother of Jared Kushner, US president Donald Trump’s […]
Infantino scuttles to friendly African bolt hole and summons senior staff for a crisis meeting
August 5 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has underpinned his overwhelming power over the organisation with the knowledge that the African confederation (CAF) and its 54 member associations were under his absolute control. That has been demonstrated again by his sudden summoning of senior staff for crisis meetings to Rabat, the headquarters of the Moroccan […]
Confederations withdraw participation in all FIFA governance bodies as pressure builds on Infantino to resign
August 3 – The AFC, Concacaf and UEFA have formed a pact to force FIFA president Gianni Infantino out of the world governing body by making his position untenable. The three confederations have pledged that they will not participate in any of FIFA’s governance affairs until Infantino resigns his post. By withholding their participation, the […]
AFC stands beside UEFA and Concacaf as Infantino feels the chill wind of overwhelming opposition
July 31 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his FIFA administration are becoming increasingly isolated by their members with the announcement by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) this morning that it “stands in solidarity with UEFA and Concacaf”. In a hard-hitting rebuke of the proposed sell-off of FIFA’s flagship competition rights and organisation to a […]
FIFA gives national federations a September deadline to accept its $20m ‘bribe’
July 29 – FIFA has given the 211 member associations that make up world football until September 19 – or 53 days – to sign up to its deeply controversial plans to sell off a stake in the World Cup to private equity in return for $4.2 billion. In a letter signed by Infantino and […]
The rose-tinted world of Gianni Infantino’s US World Cup in 15 stunning instagram posts
July 27 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has hit back at critics of his leadership and the 2026 World Cup, urging them to “meditate, pray or watch a football match” instead of “spreading hate and false rumours” about the governing body. In a lengthy post published on his personal Instagram account and shared with FIFA’s […]