The Irish Football Association says it is “time for change” at Fifa and they will not be voting for president Gianni Infantino’s re-election next year. Infantino has been under increasing scrutiny since his aborted attempt to sell off a 21% stake in Fifa’s commercial operations to a private investment company. The plans were scrapped after … Read more
Pewter Report’s PR Roundtablepresented by PrizePicks Sign up for PrizePicks with code: HMA then play a $5 lineup and get $150 if you win by clicking HERE. A new Pewter Report Roundtable debuts every Tuesday on PewterReport.com. Each week, the Pewter Reporters tackle another tough Bucs question. This week’s prompt: Which Bucs bubble player do you support? Scott … Read more
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has declared their support for Gianni Infantino following demands for the Fifa president to resign from Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation in a development that further highlights world football’s civil war. After a meeting of its executive committee in Fiji on Wednesday, the OFC issued a statement on … Read more
New Zealand have broken rank with Oceania’s football governing body to become the latest nation to withdraw support for Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Infantino has lost support from three regional confederations – Europe’s Uefa, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Concacaf (North and Central America and the Caribbean) – over his aborted plans to sell … Read more
The Football Association of Ireland [FAI] has officially withdrawn support for under-fire Fifa president Gianni Infantino, while the Irish Football Association has confirmed it is backing Uefa’s stance. On Monday, European football’s governing body Uefa signed an open letter along with Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation, accusing Infantino of breaking trust “through deception”. It … Read more
The pressure is growing on the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, with many countries withdrawing their support following the bungled World Cup sell-off. However, how key is Infantino’s relationship with each confederation and is it likely that an election contest will actually happen? We look at the key considerations, confederation by confederation. 1) How does each … Read more
The Jordan Football Association president, Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, has accused Gianni Infantino’s administration of “blackmail”, claiming Fifa threatened to withhold financial assistance from his federation if it refused to back the president’s bid for re-election. In a major intervention Prince Ali, who ran for the Fifa presidency against Infantino in 2016 and finished … Read more
A clutch of African and Asian federations have come out in support of Gianni Infantino as football’s civil war rumbles on. FIFA is made up of 211 members, with each member – regardless of the country’s size or football might – receiving one vote. That means that Spain, Brazil, England and Argentina have as much … Read more
Egypt expressed this supports On Friday, July 24, the Gulf Cooperation Council and Jordan issued a joint statement condemning the recent Iranian attacks, reaffirming its solidarity with Arab countries and supporting measures to protect their security and sovereignty. In a statementThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptians Abroad said that the Gulf-Jordanian statement … Read more
Jessie and D’Lila Combs have officially launched their new clothing brand, 12TWINTY1. The 19-year-olds announced the launch on Instagram by sharing campaign photos featuring their older brothers, Quincy Brown, Justin Combs and King Combs. The five siblings modeled the debut 777 collection together, with Jessie and D’Lila wearing matching blue sets while Quincy, Justin and … Read more