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FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the opening press conference of the FIFA World Cup. (Screenshot)

Gianni Infantino highlights unity and challenges ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026

FIFA President Gianni Infantino painted a picture of both immense excitement and logistical complexity surrounding the tournament in a wide-ranging address before the opening of…

Fifa president Gianni Infantino. (Photo by Masashi Hara – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Don’t be fooled by Infantino’s fantasies

Fifa’s boss wants the game to float above ‘ideological battles’. But it’s Fifa’s ideology of greed that steered the World Cup into a desert stinking of money and suffering

Brazil lift the 2002 World Cup which was in South Korea and Japan.

Yes, Ukraine should host the World Cup – but on its own

By bloating its showpiece, Fifa has made single-country bids impossible and dimmed the tournament’s magic

Fifa president Gianni Infantino during a press conference at the world football governing body’s headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photograph by Valeriano Di Domenico/ Getty Images)

An African Super League seems a super-silly idea

Far from being the magical solution to Africa’s lacklustre football competitions, the proposed new league appears to be a case of CAF wanting to sweep its own inefficiency under…

It’s 2019 and women’s football still faces its biggest battles off the field. (Reuters/Bernadett Szabo)

The greatest show — so sit up and pay up

The Women’s World Cup was an unprecedented success. Despite the incredible entertainment and value, the women’s game still faces massive challenges

Gianni Infantino has been in charge of FIFA since February 2016, after succeeding the disgraced Sepp Blatter following the corruption scandal which rocked the organisation. (Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina)

Infantino claims scandal-hit FIFA transformed ahead of re-election

FIFA president Gianni Infantino insists the footballing governing body had been transformed into an organisation "synonymous with credibility"

The 48-year-old has been in charge of FIFA since February 2016. (Reuters)

Infantino sole candidate for FIFA presidency in June vote

The election will take place on June 5 in Paris ahead of the women’s World Cup

Fifa boss Gianni Infantino (left), Russian President Vladimir Putin and France’s Emmanuel Macron. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

Fifa lifts Club as split hits the fans

Infantino says it’s in the best interests of football to expand the Club World Cup

Infantino said an expanded tournament would see Asia’s allocation rise from 4.5 places to 8.5. (Naseem Zeitoon/Reuters)

‘Why not?’ Fifa boss says 48 teams ‘feasible’ for Qatar World Cup

Accommodating another 16 teams would vastly complicate Qatar’s task in preparing for the World Cup

The soft power effect of mega-event hosting would surely seem to be an important goal for Moscow to score as soon as the tournament’s first whistle blows.

Can Fifa’s greed win the World Cup this year?

For Fifa, the tournament is a commercial and technological opportunity.

Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who rejected pursuing a third term, symbolised a commitment to democracy and the rule of law.

Senegel’s Sall to follow Lions of Teranga to Russia

President Macky Sall will drop the reigns of power for 12 days to support the Senegalese team at the World Cup

Thriftless: Sepp Blatte

Fifa names high rollers

Sepp Blatter and Jerome Valcke are among the officials who milked the association

CAF president Issa Hayatou.

CAF president Issa Hayatou faces challenger in bid for eighth term

Ahmad Ahmad, head of the Madagascar Football Assocation, has picked up key votes with his calls for ‘change’ against the 70 year old.