Infantino facing surprise Fifa election challenge from Japanese FA chief Sport Business Japanese Fifa bigwig Kozo Tashima has emerged as a surprise possible challenger to Gianni Infantino’s bid for re-election as president of football’s world governing body. Tashima, honorary president of the Japan Football Association and a member of the Fifa Council for more than a decade, is the first rival candidate to have the backing of [...]
West Ham’s London Stadium eyes capacity increase to take fight to Wembley Sport Business London Stadium bosses want to relax seating restrictions for boxing in a bid to rival Wembley for mega fights and offset losses caused by anchor tenant West Ham’s relegation to the Championship. The stadium costs the taxpayer £19m a year after rent was halved following West Ham’s relegation, while stewarding costs have risen because of [...]
Visa, Coca-Cola, Adidas and other Fifa sponsors criticised for silence on crisis Sport Business Fifa sponsors including Visa, Coca-Cola and Adidas “cannot afford to be bystanders” while another crisis grips football’s governing body, says a leading sports integrity advisor. Commercial partners have been conspicuous by their silence since Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in its World Cup business plunged the organisation into civil war more than [...]
Fifa still refusing to share World Cup sell-off papers, says FA chair October 15, 2026 Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt says the Fifa Council is still being denied full transparency over Gianni Infantino’s aborted World Cup sell-off plan. Infantino apologised to the Council today as it met for the first time since controversy erupted over Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE), a new private company Infantino lined up investors for without telling [...]