Trump speaks up for Infantino at last as Fifa boss fights world football rebellion Sport Business US president Donald Trump has belatedly come to the aid of Gianni Infantino, saying it would be “a terrible mistake” to replace the under-fire Fifa boss. Infantino is fighting to save his job after three of Fifa’s four biggest confederations declared they had lost trust in him over plans to sell off stakes in a [...]
Infantino crisis shows football needs independent non-exec, says ex-Fifa advisor Sport Business The crisis at the top of world football has again shown the need for independent non-executive directors, says former Fifa and Uefa advisor Ebru Koksal. Fifa president Gianni Infantino is staring down calls to quit over his secret plans to sell stakes in a new commercial entity that would manage the World Cup to private [...]
Ebru Koksal: ‘Women tend to ask difficult questions, and that’s not always liked’ Sport Business Former investment banker turned CEO of Galatasaray, Turkish FA chief and advisor to Fifa and Uefa Ebru Koksal on the barriers faced by women in football, how it compares to the world of finance, and what England has got right. Ebru Koksal’s path to becoming a trailblazing female figure and one of the most respected [...]
Fifa crisis: Europe, North America and Asia unite to call for Infantino to quit August 10, 2026 Uefa, Concacaf and AFC, three of Fifa’s four biggest confederations, have joined forces to renew calls for embattled president Gianni Infantino to step down. In an open letter, they accuse him of failing to recognise that his plan to effectively privatise the World Cup was “a fundamental breach of trust” and not just “a procedural [...]
Norwegian FA chief Klaveness cools Fifa election talk and takes swipe at Blatter August 7, 2026 Norwegian football chief Lise Klaveness has played down her Fifa presidency ambitions and taken a swipe at Sepp Blatter, the former boss of the embattled governing body. Klaveness, a former international player, is a long-standing and outspoken critic of Fifa and has been touted as a potential challenger to current kingpin Gianni Infantino. Infantino is [...]
Mexico breaks ranks and dents Uefa-led bid to oust embattled Fifa kingpin Infantino August 7, 2026 Mexico’s football association has broken ranks and delivered a blow to Uefa-led hopes of ousting embattled Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Infantino has been attempting to stave off a rebellion from the confederations of Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, Central and North America, who have all strongly condemned his secret attempts to effectively privatise the World [...]
Fifa crisis: Is it possible to defend Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan? August 6, 2026 Crafting a defence of Infantino isn’t easy, but it is possible to assemble both a behavioural excuse and a commercial justification for the Fifa president’s plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. One newspaper evocatively likened Gianni Infantino to Icarus at the weekend after his proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup melted [...]
Luis Figo: ‘Deceitful and cravenly self-interested’ Infantino must quit Fifa now August 5, 2026 Fifa president Gianni Infantino has come under fire from another high-profile figure after Portugal great Luis Figo joined calls for him to quit without further delay. Infantino is clinging to his job despite senior Fifa figures condemning his plan to sell stakes in a new commercial vehicle that would manage the World Cup to private [...]
Wenger rubbishes Infantino sell-off plan as senior Fifa figures desert president August 4, 2026 Fifa development chief Arsene Wenger has denied any involvement in the doomed sell-off plan that has left president Gianni Infantino fighting to save his job. Wenger said he only heard about the proposal – to raise $4bn from selling stakes in a new commercial vehicle that would manage the World Cup to private investors including [...]
Meet the top lawyer challenging Gianni Infantino’s Fifa power play August 3, 2026 Uefa has enlisted a leading US white-collar expert as legal tensions escalate over Gianni Infantino’s unsuccessful Fifa World Cup sell-off. US legal giant Dechert’s former Chair, Andrew Levander, has been nabbed by the European body, which informed Zurich-headquartered Fifa his client was “actively considering legal action, arbitration, and/or regulatory complaints”. Fifa has promised that raising [...]