FIFA president Gianni Infantino has put forward a new 48-team format for the 2026 World Cup in a speech in Colombia on Monday.
FIFA's new chief Gianni Infantino accused "enemies" Sunday of trying to paint him as greedy, and voiced surprise at revelations that his disgraced predecessor and his deputies awarded themselves millions in dubious bonuses.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino insisted that the 2022 World Cup would be hosted by Qatar as planned. Infantino told reporters in Doha: “Of course, the World Cup will take place in Qatar in 2022.”
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at Al Bahr Palace on Thursday evening with FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has met with HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during a visit to Qatar which is hosting the 2022 World Cup, the committee overseeing preparations for the event said.
Newly elected FIFA President Gianni Infantino will visit the next two hosts of the World Cup, Russia and Qatar, next week, the global soccer body said on Friday.
Swiss police raided the headquarters of the European soccer body UEFA to gather information about a contract signed by Gianni Infantino, now head of FIFA, that was reported in the Panama Papers.
Gianni Infantino vowed yesterday to lead FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, out of years of corruption and scandal after being elected president to succeed his Swiss compatriot Sepp Blatter.
A FIFA congress to choose a new president for world football's crisis-hit governing body opened in Zurich on Friday, where major reforms were also to be adopted.
