Tag: Gianni Infantino

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 09:49 UTC

  Long lines of Brazilians parade by Pele's coffin in Santos

  

  Brazilian mourners flocked into the Santos stadium Monday to pay their last respects to the country's most iconic football player ever. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé, “O Rei” (The King) passed away last Thursday at the age of 82 due to complications from colon cancer.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:14 UTC

  FIFA Chief calls for truce during football World Cup

  

  FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who is in Bali attending the G20 Summit, Tuesday called for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and recalled that the former hosted the 2018 World Cup finals and the latter is vying to co-organize the 2030 event with Spain and Portugal.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  FIFA's Infantino suggests holding the 2030 World Cup in Israel, Palestine and friendly neighbors

  

  In 1930 Uruguay won the first Football world Jules Rimet Cup after defeating Argentina in the final game. The two countries with other members of Mercosur, possibly Paraguay and Chile have/had hopes of organizing the 2030 major event, and apparently, there were some exploratory conversations on the matter.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Football as social tool makes full scale Caribbean landing with Caricom agreement

  

  Caribbean nations grouped under Caricom and international football's governing body FIFA Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster collaborative work towards the development of the sport in the region, it was announced.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Infantino: “Diego deserves our eternal gratitude for having amazed us with his incredible talent”

  

  Football is in mourning after one of the sport’s most prodigious talents, Diego Maradona, passed away at the age of 60 in his native Buenos Aires.

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  Infantino preparing FIFA for the new normality

  

  FIFA president Gianni Infantino called for discussions over proposals to introduce salary and transfer fee caps to football in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. World football's governing body intends to finalize plans in the coming weeks for a financial relief package following the economic damage caused to the sport by the global health crisis.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  FIFA names ex president Macri chairman of FIFA Foundation; barrage of criticisms from Argentina

  

  Former Argentine president Mauricio Macri has been appointed executive chairman of the FIFA Foundation, the organization founded by world football's governing body in 2018 to promote social change. But his nomination was received with a raft of criticisms by Argentine clubs and associations.

• Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  WHO and FIFA agree to promote healthy life-styles through football globally

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) and football’s world governing body, FIFA, agreed on Friday a four-year collaboration to promote healthy lifestyles through football globally. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and FIFA President Gianni Infantino signed the memorandum of understanding at WHO’s Geneva-based headquarters.
“WHO is excited to be working with FIFA. Half the world watched the 2018 World Cup. This means there’s huge potential for us to team up to reach billions of people with information to help them live longer healthier lives,” said Dr Tedros.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played with 32 teams

  

  FIFA president Gianni Infantino was dealt a blow on Wednesday when world football's governing body shelved a proposed expansion of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams.