The European Football Association (Uefa) announces that it will boycott Fifa tournaments as long as the plan to sell shares in the World Cup is in place. It is a brutally open power struggle over who will decide. Uefa has resorted to its toughest threat, says Olof Lundh, a columnist for TV4 and Fotbollskanalen.
FootballUEFA is boycotting all FIFA tournaments as long as the plan to sell shares in the World Cup is in place. Now the European football association is also getting support from Concacaf, the football confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean.
FootballGianni Infantino is becoming increasingly unpopular among European football associations, with sources saying they want to replace him with PSG president Nasser al-Khelaïfi.
FootballThe proposal to sell shares in FIFA's major tournaments has sparked distrust and outrage. Now FIFA President Gianni Infantino is speaking out: The FIFA proposal is a possibility but not a requirement, he says.
FootballArgentina is at risk of being punished for two incidents during the World Cup, FIFA's disciplinary committee announced on Wednesday.
FootballFIFA wants to sell shares in the World Cup - and is luring the national associations with hundreds of millions of kronor. There are issues that are fundamentally more important for football than whether we should receive the money or not, says the chairman of the Swedish Football Association, Simon Åström, to TT.
FootballFrench Sports and Youth Minister Marina Ferrari writes on social media that Uefa will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss Fifa's plans to sell World Cup rights to private investors.
FootballAlmost 675,000 hot dogs and more than 5.5 million beers were purchased by the more than 6.8 million spectators who attended this summer's World Cup at stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
SportsFIFA wants to let private investors buy shares in the World Cup. A proposal that is provoking strong reactions from around the football world. "Unfortunately, it damages an already damaged trust in a FIFA that is developing in the wrong direction," says Sports Minister Jakob Forssmed (KD) in a written comment.
FootballIf the national football associations vote yes to FIFA's plan to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors, they will receive the equivalent of SEK 388 million each. If one association votes no - but the proposal still goes through - they will have to settle for half. "The opposition to FIFA's approach is both large and growing," UEFA responded in a statement.
FootballThe sending off of Switzerland striker Breel Embolo following a VAR review during the World Cup was incorrect, the international rules body Ifab has ruled. FIFA has denied any wrongdoing.
FootballFIFA wants to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors. UEFA is expected to hold an emergency meeting this week, and there are reports of a boycott of future championships from the European side.
FootballFIFA is planning to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors. This has angered the European Football Association. "This means crossing a line - a line that football's governing body should never cross. Uefa takes the matter very seriously," Uefa writes.
FootballDishonest arguments and an attempt to whitewash reality. FIFA President Gianni Infantino's attack on World Cup critics is being dismissed. Infantino is avoiding the main criticism, says sports policy analyst Stanis Elsborg.
FootballIn a 15-page Instagram post, Gianni Infantino, president of the International Football Federation (FIFA), attacks critics of this summer's World Cup, accusing them of spreading hatred and false rumors instead of celebrating the tournament.
FootballA human rights organization filed a complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino for violating the rules on political neutrality. The complaint has now been rejected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
FootballArgentina's Leandro Paredes grabbed Spaniard Eric Garcia by the throat and sent another into the dugout. The aftermath of the World Cup final has drawn a reaction from Spain's national team coach Luis de la Fuente. It cannot be allowed, he says.
SportsNorwegian Football Association (NFF) president Lise Klaveness is preparing a complaint to FIFA's ethics committee over the lifting of Folarin Balogun's World Cup ban. "First of all, it should never have happened," Klaveness told The Times.
FootballThe World Cup could be expanded again - from 48 teams to 64 in the next tournament. There are pros and cons to the arrangement, says Expressen football columnist Noa Bachner. Logistically, it would be a nightmare, and it would be practically impossible for many countries to organize the World Cup, Bachner says.
FootballUS President Donald Trump reportedly hopes FIFA President Gianni Infantino will change jobs. According to reports, Trump wants to see Infantino as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations.
FootballSpanish football league La Liga president Javier Tebas has slammed FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino over the World Cup. His time is over, Tebas tells Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport.
FootballDespite losing the final to Spain, Lionel Messi can be happy that he set three new records during the tournament. When FIFA lists the records broken, the Argentine tops them all.
FootballFIFA has started selling off parts of the grass at the World Cup finals stadium in New Jersey. Now a local politician wants to stop the sale. "It's illegal," says Mike Inganamort.
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