FIFA empathy not enough to topple CAS in Guerrero doping case
Lausanne (AFP) – FIFA chief Gianni Infantino on Tuesday delivered a hammer blow to Peru captain Paolo Guerrero’s hopes of overturning a doping ban to play at the World …
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South American countries urge FIFA to bring in 48-team World Cup for 2022
April 12, 2018 32 team World Cup, 48 team World Cup, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, FIFA, Gianni Infantino, World Cup 2022, World Cup 2026 No Comments
Buenos Aires (Argentina) (AFP) – The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) on Thursday asked FIFA to bring forward plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams in time …
Racism in Russian soccer continues to shame
The specter of a racism investigation by FIFA is becoming all too familiar After this last international break we witnessed another incident. French players were allegedly greeted with monkey chants …
FIFA’s proposed women’s league will benefit soccer worldwide
Last week, FIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed a plan to launch a women’s global league comprised of national teams. Although no decision is expected to be made until at …
Blatter regret at overstaying FIFA tenure
Geneva (AFP) – Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, forced out as head of world football’s governing body amid a corruption scandal in 2015, admitted on Sunday he regretted …
The more FIFA changes, the more it stays the same
Over a span of four months, from October 2015 to January 2016, the FIFA Ethics Committee removed the three most powerful men in football – Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke, …
Qatari official wins FIFA ethics appeal
Zurich (AFP) – Qatari football official Saoud Al-Mohannadi on Thursday won his appeal over a one-year ban handed to him by an independent ethics committee for refusing to help …
Tycoon Chung to appeal FIFA ban, slams ‘hitmen’
Seoul (AFP) – South Korean billionaire Chung Mong-Joon said Thursday he would appeal to the international sports tribunal over his five-year ban by FIFA, accusing its ethics committee of …