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UEFA suspends threat to boycott World Cups

UEFA said it had received written assurances that FIFA would not try to revive plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup.

UEFA set to lift FIFA boycott threat as Italy drops support for Gianni Infantino

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - 50th Ordinary UEFA Congress - Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium - February 12, 2026 UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and FIFA president Gianni Infantino pose for a photograph during the event REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

UEFA prepares complaint for ‘criminal mismanagement’ against FIFA’s Gianni Infantino

UEFA is seeking evidence from the US to bring a criminal case in Switzerland against FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

Saudi Arabia backs FIFA chief Gianni Infantino amid fallout from failed investment plan

FIFA president Gianni Infantino (second from left), French President Emmanuel Macron and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman at the closing ceremony of the Esports World Cup at the Grand Palais in Paris on Aug 23.

New book honours George Suppiah, Singapore’s first FIFA World Cup referee

Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (2nd from left) with (from left) J. K. Saravana, Shamini Suppiah and Yee Whoy Chong Suppiah at the launch of George Suppiah’s biography, on Aug 26.

UEFA set to lift FIFA boycott threat as Italy drops support for Gianni Infantino

President of FIFA Gianni Infantino gesturing as he arrives at Fairmont Hanoi Hotel ahead of the second leg of the 2026 ASEAN Cup final between Vietnam and Thailand in Hanoi on Aug 26, 2026.

Gianni Infantino has no future at FIFA, European Leagues chief says

Gianni Infantino will be seeking re-election for a fourth term as FIFA president in 2027 and will likely face stiff opposition.

Cameroon football federation chief Samuel Eto’o backs embattled FIFA head Gianni Infantino

Cameroonian Football Federation president and former player Samuel Eto’o in the stands at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco in January 2026.

UEFA’s Ceferin says Infantino could face an election challenger, rules out FIFA bid.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin (right) said he had no contact with FIFA president Gianni Infantino since controversy erupted over an abandoned sell-off plan.

Embattled Infantino says FIFA must close financial gap between ‘big countries’ and ‘others’

The FIFA president is up for re-election in 2027 but world soccer’s regional powerhouses are discussing whether to move a vote of no confidence in him ahead of the ballot.

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