The French Football Federation (FFF) announced Thursday it is withdrawing its support for embattled FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and his bid for reelection as head of football’s governing body. Infantino has faced growing calls to step down over his aborted plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and other football associations, including those of England and Italy, have already withdrawn their backing.
FFF aligns position with of other European federations, such as Belgium, England, Italy, Scotland, and Sweden.
Al Jazeera10 Sept
France will not support the candidacy of Gianni Infantino, who is running for a new term as FIFA president in March 2027, the French Football Federation announced on Thursday. The FFF is aligning itself with the position of other European federations such as Belgium, Italy, Scotland, Sweden and Wales, who have also publicly withdrawn support for Infantino. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports.
French football leaders have proposed to seek ways to transform how Fifa is run after the country's football body became the latest to withdraw support for Gianni Infantino's presidency.
BBC10 SeptFrench football leaders have proposed to seek ways to transform how Fifa is run after the country's football body became the latest to withdraw support for Gianni Infantino's presidency.
BBC10 SeptFrench football leaders have proposed to seek ways to transform how Fifa is run after the country's football body became the latest to withdraw support for Gianni Infantino's presidency.
BBC10 SeptFrench football leaders have proposed to seek ways to transform how Fifa is run after the country's football body became the latest to withdraw support for Gianni Infantino's presidency.
BBC10 SeptFrench football leaders have proposed to seek ways to transform how Fifa is run after the country's football body became the latest to withdraw support for Gianni Infantino's presidency.
BBC10 SeptFrench football leaders have proposed to seek ways to transform how Fifa is run after the country's football body became the latest to withdraw support for Gianni Infantino's presidency.
BBC10 SeptFrench football leaders have proposed to seek ways to transform how Fifa is run after the country's football body became the latest to withdraw support for Gianni Infantino's presidency.
BBC10 Sept
The FFF's withdrawal signals growing European discontent with FIFA's governance, potentially reshaping global football leadership dynamics.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team10 Sept
FIFA's restructuring could weaken Concacaf's influence, altering regional dynamics and potentially centralizing power within FIFA's leadership.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team9 Sept
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The Guardian•Exclusive by Matt Hughes and Nick Ames9 Sept
Speaking to DW, EU Commissioner Glenn Micallef hit out at world football's governing body over its "poor governance."
Deutsche Welle9 Sept
Legal action from the top European leagues and global players' union Fifpro against Fifa is extended to include the world governing body's "abusive conduct" towards the women's game.
BBC8 SeptLegal action from the top European leagues and global players' union Fifpro against Fifa is extended to include the world governing body's "abusive conduct" towards the women's game.
BBC8 Sept
The masterful Harrow MC behind the year’s funniest, most inventive UK rap debut explains how his parents sparked his ravenous outlook – and why he’s wrestling his peers A few Guinnesses into an interview in his local Irish boozer, and 26-year-old Harrow rapper Kibo is cooking. We’re talking football. As a kid, he preferred playing Fifa Street – where ordinary players backflip off walls to score incomprehensible bicycle kicks – to regular realistic Fifa. “If I’m gonna play a video game, I want to do some shit I can’t do in real life,” he says. He’s drawn to similarly miraculous footballers: Balotelli , Drogba in his Chelsea days, Ronaldinho and his dad’s favourite, Eric Cantona: “Oh God, with his collar popped, looking like Kanye West?” Kibo then recites Cantona’s 2019 Uefa president’s award speech – a mash-up of King Lear and philosophical musings on war and science – to near perfection. Magic is at the heart of Kwengletarianism, “the idea of being in a place that’s very grey, and trying to find a prismatic iridescence in it”, that underpins Kibo’s sensational album Kwengletaria: Ragamyff. (Cantona? “He’s a Kwengletarian to the nth degree.”) During his long rise through London’s rap scene, canonised by co-signs from Skepta, JME and Dave, Kibo has become a rare MC from Harrow, the town that produced Kate Nash and Jai Paul but no rappers of note. “It’s awesome,” he says of its lack of rap tradition, “a complete blank slate” to be as imaginative as he wants. Kwengletaria finds the myth in the mundane: on the track Bakerloo Dragon, a normal tube journey becomes a cruising broken-beat roller aboard a fire-spitting Bakerloo line train. I tell him my train to Harrow was one of these flame-graffitied dragons. “But did you get any sparks?” he asks enthusiastically. “You get sparks after Stonebridge Park!” Continue reading...
The Guardian•Hugh Morris8 Sept
The mass complaint against Infantino could catalyze significant governance reforms within FIFA, challenging its political neutrality stance.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team8 Sept
The Afghan women's national football team has finally been officially recognized by FIFA. Now the players want to make history both on and off the field.
Deutsche Welle8 Sept
European federations' withdrawal signals growing discontent with FIFA leadership, potentially impacting future governance and financial strategies.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team7 Sept