MIAMI (AFP) -- The 2026 World Cup final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey, organizers FIFA announced on Sunday, Feb. 4. FIFA president Gianni Infantino (AFP) The New York bid held off a strong challenge from Dallas to secure the July 19 game, the culmination of the expanded...
PARIS (AFP) -- FIFA chief Gianni Infantino on Tuesday, Dec. 12, called the attack on a Turkish football referee by the president of top-flight club Ankaragucu "totally unacceptable." FIFA chief Gianni Infantino (AFP) The Turkish football federation suspended all leagues indefinitely after...
LONDON (AFP) -- FIFA president Gianni Infantino has sent "support and prayers" to Liverpool forward Luis Diaz following the kidnapping of his parents in Colombia. FIFA president Gianni Infantino (AFP) Diaz's mother has been rescued but dozens of soldiers, backed by police, are searching for...
GENEVA (AFP) -- Swiss prosecutors announced on Thursday, Oct. 26, they have dropped their three-year criminal proceedings against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over suspected collusion with officials concerning the corruption scandal that engulfed world football's governing body. FIFA president...
In this handout picture released by the International Federation of Association Football shows FIFA President Gianni Infantino gestures during the UEFA preliminary draw for the FIFA World Cup 2022 on December 7, 2020 in the Hallenstadion in Zurich. (Photo by Kurt SCHORRER / FIFA / AFP) A Swiss...
Players jump for the ball during the UEFA Champions League group A football match between Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on December 1, 2020. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP) Japan will host the Club World Cup in its existing format in late...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who is facing a criminal probe in Switzerland, "thinks he is untouchable," his deposed predecessor Sepp Blatter said on Thursday. In an interview with AFP, Blatter even called for the opening of an...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) Gianni Infantino has insisted that he had "nothing to hide" in a letter to member federations of football's global governing body FIFA despite Swiss prosecutors launching a criminal probe against him . In the letter, sent on Thursday...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) A Swiss special prosecutor has launched criminal proceedings against FIFA president Gianni Infantino, authorities in Switzerland said Thursday, as part of an investigation into suspected collusion between him and the country's...
Switzerland's top prosecutor Michael Lauber resigned on July 24, 2020 following a drawn-out controversy over his handling of a corruption investigation targeting FIFA, citing a court ruling that partially upheld accusations against him. (Photo by STEFAN WERMUTH / AFP) Switzerland's top prosecutor...
