the Oval Office alongside FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Trump said the task force, which he will

.“ The Fifa name is the only global, original title, ” Infantino said.... It’s already a competitive

President Gianni Infantino has endorsed a proposal to stage international soccer's showcase tournament

An ancient Roman vessel dating back to the second century BC has been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea off the Sicilian coast of Palermo. The ship, lying at a depth of 92 metres near Isola delle Femmine, is one of a number of wrecks found in recent weeks by Italian researchers. Images from the dive site, taken by a submarine robot, indicate that the ship was carrying a copious cargo of wine amphorae, an ancient storage jar usually found on ships. The discovery was described as one of the most

YAOUNDE: The African Cup of Nations opened on Sunday in Cameroon with a burst of colour but also under the shadow of a coronavirus pandemic that is surging again because of the rapid spread of the omicron variant just as the continent’s biggest sports show begins. Dancers wearing red, green, yellow, white and blue costumes gyrated in the middle of the field during the opening cere-mony at the newly rebuilt Olembe Sta-dium in the capital, Yaounde.... Some of the per-formers wore masks in matchin

NEW YORK: The wildly popular Fifa video game series will be rebranded EA Sports FC next year, its publisher Electronic Arts said on May 10, ending a three-decade relationship with football’s governing body. Launched in 1993, a generation of millions of football fans and gamers across the globe grew up playing the game and it became a huge money-spinner. But “ months of tense negotiations ” between California-based Electronic Arts( EA) and governing body Fifa failed to end in an agreement to exte

The conservative Muslim nation signed up to honor FIFA's commercial partners when it started bidding to be host in 2009.... Though sales of Budweiser dropped in stadiums, the global publicity over the dispute arguably boosted the brewer and left little doubt which brand was tied to the World Cup.A renewal for the 2026 World Cup seemed a done deal even during the dispute in Doha.... “ We are deeply connected to the fans and to football all over the world, which is why we’re excited about extend

It also removed Platini as president of UEFA, the governing body of European soccer.In 2015, federal prosecutors in Switzerland revealed their investigation into a$ 2 million payment from FIFA to Platini from four years earlier.... The claim was for the former France soccer great to be paid extra money for being an advisor — without having a contract for it — in Blatter’s first presidential term from 1998-2002. Both have long denied wrongdoing and claim they had a verbal deal in 1998.... Blatt

FIFA accepted bids from only Asia and Oceania for 2034, “ in line with the principle ” of having confederations rotate as hosts.... “ Well, if sportswashing is going to increase my GDP by one percent, then I will continue doing sportswashing, ” he said.“ I don’t care.... I have one percent GDP growth from sport, and I am aiming for another one and a half percent....

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