football politics
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Gianni Infantino faces fresh threat as David Beckham linked with FIFA presidency
With one month left for candidates to register for the FIFA presidential election in Rabat, factions inside UEFA and Germany’s…
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Montagliani has 96 votes lined up. He needs 106 to beat Infantino
UEFA is willing him to run, CONCACAF is behind him and Victor Montagliani still starts…
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The English FA’s problem with Infantino is not just the next election
The Football Association has told FIFA that Gianni Infantino is the wrong person to lead…
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43 signatures, 106 votes, three deadlines: the numbers that decide whether Infantino survives
A precise calendar now dictates whether the FIFA president can be removed, and every gate…
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FIFA insists its senior staff back Infantino. Its own COO said they were deceived
The revolt against Gianni Infantino has moved inside the FIFA building, with the governing body’s…
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UEFA can trigger the vote. It doesn’t have the 106 to remove Infantino
Europe has the 55 associations needed to force an extraordinary FIFA congress under Article 25.4,…
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Infantino’s escape route runs through a procedure, not a promise
Europe wants Gianni Infantino gone within weeks, but South America has framed the fight as…
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FIFA reaches for the language of lawyers as Infantino fight turns personal
Football’s world body has branded a Daily Telegraph story about its president “defamatory” and accused…
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The apology letter is not enough: Infantino’s crisis is far from over
As FIFA apologises to its 211 member associations over the failed $4.2bn commercial stake sale,…
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Infantino and Grafström backtrack in joint letter – but support is still missing
FIFA’s management board handed Gianni Infantino a vote of confidence after seven hours of crisis…