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FIFA boss proposes 48-team World Cup CULTURE

FIFA boss proposes 48-team World Cup

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has put forward a new 48-team format for the 2026 World Cup in a speech in Colombia on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blatter faces new FIFA probe INTERNATIONAL

Blatter faces new FIFA probe

Banned FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his former chief lieutenants were under investigation Friday over illicit bonuses totalling $80 million (71mn euros), FIFA's ethics committee said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blatter mounts final FIFA ban appeal CULTURE

Blatter mounts final FIFA ban appeal

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter began his final appeal Thursday against his six-year ban from football, in a long-shot quest for redemption after his career ended in scandal.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
FIFA ban has taken a physical toll: Blatter CULTURE

FIFA ban has taken a physical toll: Blatter

Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted his six-year ban from all football-related activity has taken a toll on his mental health.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
FIFA dismisses report of Infantino probe CULTURE

FIFA dismisses report of Infantino probe

FIFA denied on Friday reports in German media that president Gianni Infantino was under investigation for a possible ethics violation.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Fatma Samoura vows to improve football's 'tarnished image' CULTURE

Fatma Samoura vows to improve football's 'tarnished image'

FIFA's new secretary general Fatma Samoura vowed "to help football restore its tarnished image" following a spate of scandals within the game's world governing body.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
FIFA reformer Scala quits over loss of independence CULTURE

FIFA reformer Scala quits over loss of independence

Domenico Scala, a Swiss businessman who led reforms to clean up scandal-plagued FIFA, quit his post at the global soccer body, saying its independent watchdog committees had lost their independence.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blatter plans to attend 2018 World Cup as Putin's guest CULTURE

Blatter plans to attend 2018 World Cup as Putin's guest

Disgraced ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he plans to attend the 2018 World Cup finals as a guest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which would currently contravene his six-year ban.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Disgraced ex-FIFA boss Blatter turns 80 CULTURE

Disgraced ex-FIFA boss Blatter turns 80

Sepp Blatter turned 80 on Thursday, with a party planned at a luxury hotel in Zurich, as Switzerland's criminal investigation into his FIFA presidency looked set to intensify.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Platini appeals ban at world sports tribunal CULTURE

Platini appeals ban at world sports tribunal

UEFA president Michel Platini on Wednesday made a formal appeal against his six-year ban from football at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the tribunal said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Infantino wants FIFA reforms to turn pain to joy CULTURE

Infantino wants FIFA reforms to turn pain to joy

Gianni Infantino insisted that FIFA's reform package would close the door on a chapter of pain at world football's governing body and usher in an era of joy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blatter disappointed soccer ban upheld by FIFA appeal body CULTURE

Blatter disappointed soccer ban upheld by FIFA appeal body

Longtime FIFA President Sepp Blatter is disappointed the global soccer body's appeal committee upheld his ban from the sport, he told a Swiss newspaper.

4:45 AM November 25 2016