Fifa Congress

FIFA World Cup 2018: Ukraine government urges citizens to refrain from traveling to Russia citing security concerns

Over the past few years, dozens of Ukrainians have been arrested in Russia and the annexed peninsula of Crimea on what Kiev and international human rights watchdogs say are fabricated or politically motivated charges.

Is Fifa president Gianni Infantino turning out to be just as bad as predecessor Sepp Blatter?

Gianni Infantino is a smart operator, calculated and shrewd, always navigating his way through the tangled web of football politics. He is ‘astute,’ perhaps more so than his predecessor, who just controlled Fifa by allowing his people to be corrupt.

Sepp Blatter, free of Fifa 'burden', backs new president Gianni Infantino to do the 'right job'

"It was important for FIFA to have a change," said Blatter who, until this week, was defiant about insisting on his right to be at the election. That hope ended two days earlier when the FIFA appeals committee cut his ban to just six years from eight for financial conflicts of interest.

Winds of change: Ahead of Infantino's election, Fifa approves major reforms to end corruption

Fifa members on Friday approved major reforms aiming to end corruption scandals ahead of voting for a new president who faces a mountainous task boosting the image of football's governing body.

Move over, Sheikh Salman: Gianni Infantino upsets odds to take over as new Fifa President

Gianni Infantino pulled off a stunning victory Friday to take over as FIFA president.

Dawn of Post-Blatter era: Fifa Congress underway; Sheikh Salman heavily favoured to win presidential vote

FIFA — which has faced accusations of bribery for decades — has been reeling since May, when the US Justice Department indicted two vice presidents among several men arrested at the last election meeting. Though Sepp Blatter was re-elected, he announced his planned resignation the next week.

Bye, bye Blatter: Will Fifa Presidential election beget bold reforms or will it be more of the same?

On Friday, FIFA will elect a new president and introduce a raft of changes that will hopefully act as a much-needed detox

Blatter wins fifth term as FIFA president after Prince Ali withdraws

Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term on Friday, chosen to lead world soccer despite separate U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into corruption.

FIFA Crisis: If I was scamming for 30 years then who gave me the money, asks indicted Warner

Warner donned a cap and a garland of flowers to give a lengthy, defiant speech against Blatter before a crowd of raucous supporters in the district he represents as an opposition member of Parliament

FIFA Congress briefly interrupted by pro-Palestinian protests

Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly interrupted the FIFA congress on Friday with world football's governing body set to vote later on whether to expel Israel from the organisation