FIFA wants its money back. The governing body for world soccer filed claims in Swiss courts on Monday in an attempt to recover the CHF 2 million ($2.01 million) “illicitly paid” by former FIFA President Sepp Blatter to former FIFA Vice-President Michel Platini in February 2011. Platini, a three-time European Footballer of the Year, was
11/12/2019 FIFA President Gianni Infantino and European Parliament (EP) President David Sassoli have agreed to organising a joint event next year with the objective to address critical social issues via football following a fruitful meeting held today in Brussels “We started a path at FIFA some years ago to invest football into the social side
The president of FIFA will take a seat on the IOC for the first time in more than four years. Gianni Infantino, who succeeded fellow Swiss Sepp Blatter as the head of world soccer’s governing body in February 2016, won another term as FIFA president in June. Blatter was relieved of his IOC membership in
FIFA can today confirm the disciplinary sanctions imposed for incidents that took place during the latest round of the preliminary competition of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. Notably, as a result of a number of incidents (including the invasion of the field of play, the throwing of objects and a lack of order or
The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Mr Enrique Sanz, a former General Secretary of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), guilty of bribery in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics. The investigation proceedings against Mr Sanz referred to his participation, during the period from 2012
In a meeting held on 25 September 2019, the FIFA Players’ Status Committee established that Cardiff City FC must pay FC Nantes the sum of EUR 6,000,000, corresponding to the first instalment due in accordance with the transfer agreement concluded between the parties on 19 January 2019 for the transfer of the late Emiliano Sala
21.09.2019 On 19 September, a delegation of FIFA experts visited Tehran to discuss measures designed to allow women in Iran to freely attend football matches. The delegation, which was also joined by a representative of the Asian Football Confederation, met with the country’s Deputy Minister of Sport and Youth, and representatives of the Football Federation
18.09.2019 The FIFA Foundation announced today the appointment of Youri Djorkaeff as its Chief Executive Officer and of Joyce Cook as its General Secretary. Both of them will report directly to the Foundation Board. A FIFA World Cup™ champion with France in 1998, Djorkaeff has been involved in several social development projects, chief of which
16.09.2019 Joint statement by FIFA, the AFC, UEFA, the Bundesliga, LaLiga, Lega Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Premier League on the publication of an investigative report into the operations of beoutQ As rights holders of globally followed sports events, whose intellectual property rights have been breached on a systematic and widespread basis by the
(ATR) Eight countries are officially in the running to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, South Korea (in a potential joint bid with North Korea), New Zealand and South Africa confirmed their participation in the bidding process, FIFA announced on Tuesday. Belgium and Bolivia had also submitted an expression