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Infantino re-elected FIFA chief until 2027

Infantino re-elected FIFA chief until 2027

While FIFA statutes currently limit a president to a maximum three four-year terms, Infantino has already prepared the ground to stay until 2031, declaring in December that his first three years at the helm did not count as a full term

17 March,2023 09:58 AM IST | Kigali | AFP
Infantino’s 48-team WC plan heavily criticised

Infantino’s 48-team WC plan heavily criticised

In an interview with German weekly Die Zeit released Wednesday, Blatter said that “what is happening at the moment is an overcommercialisation of the game... There are attempts to squeeze more and more out of the lemon”

22 December,2022 08:31 AM IST | Berlin | AP
Ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini cleared of corruption charges

Ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini cleared of corruption charges

In a short statement, the former French football great claimed to have “won the first round,” while alluding to alleged political and judicial manipulation intended to remove him from power

09 July,2022 07:58 AM IST | Bellinzona | AFP
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA

The case was centered around a $2 million payment from FIFA to Platini with Blatter's approval in 2011, for work done a decade earlier

08 July,2022 03:33 PM IST | Mumbai | AP
Sepp Blatter backs Platini during trial

Sepp Blatter backs Platini during trial

The former FIFA chief and French football legend Platini are being tried at Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court, following an investigation that began in 2015

10 June,2022 08:14 AM IST | Berne | AFP
Ex-football chiefs Blatter, Platini face fraud trial

Ex-football chiefs Blatter, Platini face fraud trial

The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football’s governing body UEFA

08 June,2022 08:10 AM IST | Lausanne | AFP
FIFA extends ban on Sepp Blatter until 2028

FIFA extends ban on Sepp Blatter until 2028

Blatter described this latest punishment as a "blow behind the neck, painful and incomprehensible". "The ethics commission, in its current form, is nothing like an independent body," he told AFP from a Swiss clinic where he is convalescing after two months in hospital. 

25 March,2021 07:33 AM IST | Lausanne | AFP
FIFA lodges criminal complaint against Sepp Blatter

FIFA lodges criminal complaint against Sepp Blatter

The Zurich-based museum, a landmark Blatter project, was opened in February 2016 by current FIFA president Gianni Infantino just after he was elected as the successor to the disgraced Blatter

23 December,2020 11:38 AM IST | Geneva | AP
Infantino re-elected as FIFA president

Infantino re-elected as FIFA president

The FIFA Council chose to back his re-election by acclamation, with Infantino now hoping to build on the work he started in February 2016, when he was voted in to succeed the disgraced Sepp Blatter at the head of the organisation

06 June,2019 09:11 AM IST | Paris | AFP
FIFA World Cup 2018: Sepp Blatter arrives in Russia for WC despite ban

FIFA World Cup 2018: Sepp Blatter arrives in Russia for WC despite ban

Disgraced former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter defied a ban to attend World Cup matches and arrived in Russia on Tuesday at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin

20 June,2018 09:35 AM IST | Moscow | AFP

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