3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (325+ words) PARIS – The French Football Federation withdrew its support for Gianni Infantino’s bid for another term as FIFA president on Thursday after his controversial plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. The FFF said the executive committee decision was unanimous....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (415+ words) KATOWICE – FIFA President Gianni Infantino declined to answer questions about his future as he arrived at the opening of the Under-20 Women's World Cup while under continuing pressure since abandoning his plan to sell off World Cup profits. Infantino was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (254+ words) LONDON – Amid all the last-minute transfers in the Premier League on Tuesday's deadline day, one big one appears to have fallen through. The move of U.S. international Folarin Balogun to Everton from Monaco is reported to be off after problems…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (235+ words) LONDON – United States striker Folarin Balogun is set to head to Premier League team Everton on a transfer from Monaco, British media reported on Monday. The transfer fee offered by Everton is reported to be in the range of 40 million…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (418+ words) GENEVA – Gianni Infantino defied a request by one of his FIFA vice presidents to stay away from an Under-14 soccer event in the Caribbean and instead made a rare public appearance during the global furor over his failed plan to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (558+ words) GENEVA – FIFA’s removal of the senior official who said Gianni Infantino deceived staff with his World Cup sell-off plan was unacceptable, Norway soccer president Lise Klaveness said on Tuesday while urging other leaders at the governing body to resist potentially…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (284+ words) ZURICH – FIFA's chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, has reportedly left his role at soccer's governing body just weeks after saying its president, Gianni Infantino, had deceived staff with his World Cup sell-off plan. Lamour wrote that staff were “deceived” by…...