Gianni Infantino FIFA investment plan dispute
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FIFA's Infantino avoids questions on his future amid growing uncertainty
A court filing by FIFA on Thursday accused UEFA of running a smear campaign against FIFA and its leadership.
The spinoff was to be 20 percent owned by investors led by a New York fund created by Joshua Kushner.
The initial money from investors was to pay offers of $20m to each of FIFA's 211 member federations.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino announces re-election bid
Infantino invited private investors led by Joshua Kushner to buy a stake in future profits from World Cups and all FIFA events.
The election for FIFA's next president is scheduled for March 18, 2027, in Rabat, Morocco.
Infantino announced in April that he will stand for re-election in 2027.
FIFA blasts UEFA 'smear campaign' over World Cup plan disclosures
FIFA's plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to investors was unveiled in July.
UEFA said it intends to lodge a legal complaint in Switzerland if it gains access to the documents.
FIFA asked US judges for permission to contest the UEFA requests.
Thierry Henry says players have more power amid FIFA scandals
Fifa has faced scrutiny amid multiple scandals surrounding the 2026 World Cup.
Reports emerged of Gianni Infantino's effort to sell the World Cup's commercial rights.
Henry said players can make change happen if they want to.
Michel Platini says FIFA president Infantino 'must go'
Platini is suing Infantino, Marco Villiger, and Domenico Scala in France to seek compensation for damages suffered as a result of tactics used to prevent him from being elected FIFA president in 2015.
Platini said if UEFA wants to bring down Infantino, it will be through the courts.
Platini said FIFA suspending the red card ban given to Folarin Balogun followed a phone call from US President Donald Trump to Infantino.
Italy withdraws support for Infantino, Cannavaro backs FIFA chief
FIGC head Giovanni Malago said FIGC will continue to work alongside UEFA and the other European federations.
Infantino is 56 years old and a former UEFA secretary general.
Cannavaro was part of Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning team.
UEFA asks US court for FIFA documents for criminal case against Infantino
UEFA said the valuation significantly undervalued FIFA’s commercial rights and alleged it was not subjected to an open auction or tested by an independent valuer.
The filing asks a US court to authorise discovery from FIFA (AMERICAS) Inc and FWC2026 US Inc, two Florida-based FIFA entities.
UEFA said FIFA statutes give the council sole authority to decide how FIFA’s commercial rights are promoted.
European Leagues chief says Infantino has no future at FIFA
A ban on USA forward Folarin Balogun was overturned during the World Cup following a call from Donald Trump.
FIFA abandoned a proposal to sell off a slice of the World Cup's commercial rights.
Infantino is under pressure from UEFA, AFC, and CONCACAF to resign.
UEFA set to end FIFA boycott threat over Infantino's $20 billion investor plan
UEFA is set to formally withdraw its threat to boycott FIFA competitions.
UEFA’s member federations are meeting Thursday in Monaco ahead of the Champions League draw.
FIFA President Infantino dropped his proposal within four days amid a furious backlash led by UEFA.
Samuel Eto'o urges support for FIFA President Infantino
UEFA threatened a boycott of FIFA competitions.
Eto'o said he does not think Infantino has done anything wrong.
Infantino is up for re-election next year.
Nordic Football Federations Call for FIFA Governance Reforms and Criticize Infantino
The football associations of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Faroe Islands met in Helsinki and backed calls from three major regional confederations for Infantino to resign.
CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani asked Infantino not to attend a youth football tournament in the Dominican Republic.
Denmark's football association pledged to seek a credible alternative candidate to Infantino in the March presidential election.
“We also call on FIFA to initiate a comprehensive and independent review of its governance framework to determine whether it ensures the independence, checks and balances, transparency and accountability that were intended when FIFA adopted its reform programme in 2016.”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends event in the Caribbean despite VP objections
Montagliani, Aleksander Ceferin, and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa aligned in an effort to end Infantino's presidency.
FIFA directly provides regional bodies such as the CFU with up to $5 million during each four-year World Cup cycle.
Zurich-based COO Kevin Lamour was fired.
“As such, I respectfully ask you in the name of football to reconsider your attendance as it will unfortunately undermine the technical nature of this important youth development activity,”
FIFA Infantino holds crisis meeting in Morocco amid stake sale fallout
Luis Figo described Infantino's behaviour as the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested he had ever seen.
The proposed sale involved 20% of the commercial rights body to private investment to raise $4.2 billion.
No clear candidate to stand against Infantino in the March election had yet emerged.
FIFA president Infantino holds crisis meeting in Morocco over stake sale fallout
FIFA officials Wenger and Grafström distance themselves from Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan
Infantino has been president of FIFA for more than 10 years.
Wenger said the decision to withdraw the project was "absolutely necessary" and that he believes in an independent FIFA.
Wenger, Grafström, and Lamour were named in a letter from UEFA's lawyers to Infantino among 18 executives whose data and communications should be retained as potential evidence.
UEFA warns FIFA of legal action over Infantino World Cup sell-off plan
Lawyers for UEFA informed FIFA that the European body is actively considering legal action, arbitration, and/or regulatory complaints arising from the FIFA Forward Enterprise plan.
The FFE spin-off was valued by FIFA at $20 billion and would have taken control of the soccer body's commercial and tournament operations through at least 2038.
The letter named 18 FIFA executives who should retain data, documents and electronic messages as potential evidence, including Infantino, Thomas Peyer, and Arsène Wenger.
UEFA and Concacaf criticize Gianni Infantino's investment plan
The transaction would have been completed through venture-capital firm Thrive Capital, per The Times.
UEFA voted to boycott all FIFA competitions until the plan was discarded and FIFA provided binding assurances it would never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership.
Concacaf said the proposal was a symptom of leadership that has stopped putting football first.
“he said, 'Of course we have to be transparent. I have been this in the last 15 years of my life in UEFA. You will have to play a part every day in the life of FIFA,' before telling the assembled stakeholders, 'The money of FIFA is your money. It's not the money of the FIFA president. It's your money. You are the national associations and the money of FIFA has to serve for the development of football and not for anything else.'”
European nations vow FIFA World Cup boycott over Infantino private equity plan
Thrive Eternal, a fund run by Joshua Kushner-founded Thrive Capital, is expected to lead the proposed investor group.
UEFA accused FIFA of putting the sport's soul up for sale.
Joshua Kushner is the brother of Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump.
“of how such an initiative may affect key areas of global and Asian football, including the sustainability of confederation and (domestic) competitions, as well as the organization and commercial landscape surrounding the AFC’s activities.”
FIFA's Infantino sets deadline for $20M offer to members in World Cup investor plan
The proposal is backed by Joshua Kushner's investment firm Thrive Capital.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino set a September 19 deadline for the 211 member federations to accept one-off $20 million offers as part of a project to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
Infantino wants to create a $20 billion FIFA subsidiary that would be 20% owned by private investors and would run FIFA's competitions and events like World Cups and Club World Cups.
FIFA plan for Kushner-backed $20 billion World Cup operation draws UEFA opposition
The proposed commercial subsidiary would be called FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE).
Intended investors include Thrive Eternal, which was launched by Joshua Kushner.
FIFA banked record World Cup income of about $12 billion from the 2026 tournament.
“FIFA would retain sole control of FFE and exclusive authority over football governance, competitions, match calendar, and all regulatory and sporting decisions,”