Tag: Infantino
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I can’t guarantee every player will receive World Cup bonus – Infantino
FIFA president Gianni Infantino, said on Wednesday that he can’t guarantee that football federations will distribute the bonus payments promised every player at the women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. “We are moving of course in the right direction, we have been consulting
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Infantino re-elected unopposed as FIFA president
Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as the president of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA). The election was held on Thursday during the 73rd Congress in Kigali, as Infantino stood unopposed, making
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Infantino to seek third term as FIFA president
Gianni Infantino will seek a third term as FIFA president next year, he told the congress of the global football governing body in Doha on Thursday. “Because we are all united here and the members of FIFA are here, I wanted to tell you first,” he said.
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FIFA chief Infantino tests positive for COVID-19
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has contracted coronavirus, the world’s governing body announced on Tuesday. The 50-year-old has mild symptoms and will remain in isolation for a further 10 days, FIFA said in a statement. “All people who came into contact with the FIFA President during the last few days have been informed accordingly and they…
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Restarting football too soon ‘irresponsible’ – FIFA
Restarting football too early would be “irresponsible”, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Most domestic leagues around the world are on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic while major tournaments such as Euro 2020 and the Copa America have been postponed for one year. “No match, no competition, no league is worth risking a single human…
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Football will be different after coronavirus pandemic – Infantino
Football will be totally different when it eventually resumes after the coronavirus outbreak, the head of global body FIFA Gianni Infantino said on Thursday. “Football will come back, and when it does, we’ll celebrate coming out of a nightmare together,” he told the Italian news agency ANSA in an interview. “There is one lesson, however,…
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FIFA president Infantino backs Wenger offside proposal
FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has lent his support to introducing the ‘daylight’ principle to the offside law. Video Assistant Referees (VAR) decisions have caused a lot of controversy in the Premier League, with a few goals chalked off because of very fine offside margins. FIFA’s chief of global football development, Arsene Wenger, last week that…
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Infantino urges EPL referees to use VAR monitors
FIFA president Gianni Infantino described referees as “heroes” and urged Premier League officials to start using pitch-side monitors before making key decisions involving VAR. Infantino told Sky Sports News on Friday, that he was unaware Premier League referees have not been making the final call on VAR decisions. The FIFA chief lauded the “difficult” work…
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Macron, Infantino booed at FIFA Women’s World Cup final ceremony
The crowd at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup final match on Sunday in Lyon booed FIFA president Gianni Infantino and French president Emmanuel Macron. This was as the U.S. fans demanded equal pay for the players after their team claimed a fourth global title by beating The Netherlands 2-0. Macron and Infantino, the head…
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Gianni Infantino re-elected as FIFA’s president
Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of football’s world governing body Fifa for a second term. The Swiss-Italian, 49, was re-elected until 2023 without opposition at Fifa’s annual congress in Paris. He succeeded Sepp Blatter in 2016 and has increased the number of teams at the 2026 World Cup and proposed key changes to…