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            <title><![CDATA[Aleksander Ceferin to seek another term as UEFA president after all]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[He has previously said he would step down. Now Aleksander Ceferin has completely changed his mind and wants to serve another term as president of UEFA, European football’s governing body.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:12:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Woman linked to Infantino reportedly received severance payout and business school tuition]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The woman who allegedly had an affair with FIFA President Gianni Infantino is said to have received almost two million kronor in severance pay, The Telegraph reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:27:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FIFA defends Infantino amid reports of wrongdoing and Uefa payment claims]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The international football federation Fifa is launching a fierce attack on what it says is “an ongoing effort to undermine Fifa and its president.” In a statement, Fifa writes that recent reports about president Gianni Infantino are based on “unfounded allegations.”]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:13:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Infantino faces fresh scandal as UEFA accused of paying off alleged mistress]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Football Association (Uefa) is said to have paid millions in severance pay to a woman who allegedly had an affair with the organization's then secretary general, now FIFA president Gianni Infantino, reports The Telegraph.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:09:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former UEFA executive says he knew Infantino could not be trusted]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Criticism of FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino is loud and has led many to call for the Swiss to resign. Former UEFA executive Lars-Christer Olsson worked with Infantino for several years and saw up close how he was part of the power play in the football world. "That's when I understood that he couldn't be trusted," he tells TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:59:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former UEFA president Michel Platini sues FIFA president Gianni Infantino]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With just days left until the start of the World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino is in a bind. He is being sued by former UEFA president Michel Platini.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:21:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The attack on Infantino: FIFA is a dictatorship]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has harshly criticized his successor, Gianni Infantino. "He rules like the Sun King (Louis XIV)," Blatter said in German newspaper Bild.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:53:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aitana Bonmatí and Ousmane Dembélé Win Ballon d'Or Awards]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Aitana Bonmatí is undoubtedly the world's best football player – and is awarded in line with that. Tonight's Ballon d'Or was her third in a row. It's an incredible feeling. I never believed it when I was a child, she says from the gala in Paris. Ousmane Dembélé won the men's prize.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:44:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swiss Prosecutors Drop Case Against Blatter and Platini]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Football bigwigs Sepp Blatter, 89, and Michel Platini, 69, can breathe a sigh of relief. The Swiss prosecutors will not appeal the acquittal from March this year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:24:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michel Platini's Home Burglarized, 20 Medals and Trophies Stolen]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[French football icon Michel Platini has been subjected to a burglary and lost around twenty medals and trophies.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 08:37:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blatter and Platini Cleared of Corruption Charges Once More]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The former football bigwigs Sepp Blatter, 89, and Michel Platini, 69, are acquitted again of allegations of corruption and fraud.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:22:14 GMT</pubDate>
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