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News Analysis: Infantino has a problem

By James Dostoyevsky

Yesterday, Switzerland’s staunchly conservative daily, known as ‘NZZ’ among Zurich’s intelligentsia, headlined its back page: ‘Gianni Infantino has a problem’. The paper proceeded to list a host of “problems”, all of which look to be self-inflicted. And some of which will lead (have led) to an Ethics investigation by a man who cannot be bought: Cornel Borbély is a strong fighter for the good, and has no worries about being asked to leave.

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Exclusive: Espelund quits football politics deciding not to run for FIFA Council

By Andrew Warshaw

June 1 – European football has lost the services of arguably its most knowledgeable and dedicated voice in the women’s game after Karen Espelund decided not to put her name forward as UEFA’s representative on FIFA’s newly established ruling Council.

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Released tapes shows Infantino plot to remove Scala was not a ‘ludicrous’ fabrication

By Paul Nicholson and Andrew Warshaw

May 31 – The truth around the latest controversy to hit FIFA president Gianni Infantino has taken another intriguing twist with the release of taped transcripts that appear to confirm he had pushed for the removal of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance chief Domenico Scala.

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Samoura debuts at FIFA House unveiling Boban and Villiger as deputies

By Andrew Warshaw

May 31 – Gianni Infantino, under increasing pressure to boost his personal reputation after a series of early presidential faux pas, has stepped up his policy of sweeping out the old guard at FIFA and bringing in his own senior staff.

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FIFA denies Infantino engineered plot to force out top execs. ‘Unbelievable’ ?

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By Andrew Warshaw

May 30 – Damning claims have emerged of how FIFA president Gianni Infantino plotted to overthrow the official who fixed his salary and sought to cut colleagues’ pay to boost his own income.

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FIFA clamps down on discrimination with seven sanctions

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May 30 – FIFA has punished seven nations – including Mexico, Chile and Croatia – for discriminatory behaviour from supporters, including homophobic chants.

Croatia, whose fans have a track record of incurring the wrath of the authorities, have been ordered to play their first two 2018 World Cup qualifiers behind closed doors and have been fined SFr150,000 for incidents which took place in friendly matches against Israel and Hungary last month.

Chile have been barred from playing at their Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez Pradanos home for two official matches,

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Andrew Warshaw: FIFA’s knight with the long knife

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First Domenico Scala, now Markus Kattner. Two big fish with key roles to play in monitoring FIFA’s good governance. Yet both gobbled up in deadly, shark-infested waters within the space of a few days under the new regime of Gianni Infantino.

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News analysis: Who will run UEFA?

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By James Dostoyevsky

UEFA is in a quagmire of its own making and one that is much welcomed by Gianni Infantino, the ‘little child’, who ascended to the FIFA Emperor’s Throne, only to stumble from blunder to blunder, with no end in sight.

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Inside Editorial: Kattner falls foul of FIFA’s new deal

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Are we really to believe that the indiscretions of FIFA’s finance director Markus Kattner have only been discovered in the past few days? Do they really think that their member federations, the watching press and the rest of the football world are that stupid and will lap it up unquestioningly?

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One week after Congress FIFA fires finance chief Kattner for contract ‘breaches’

By Andrew Warshaw

May 24 – And another one bites the dust. Markus Kattner, FIFA’s interim secretary-general and long-time director of finance, has become the latest high-profile figure linked with the organisation’s corruption-tainted past to be thrown out.

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Mourinho, last seen on FIFA legends duty, proves to be cuckoo in Van Gaal’s nest

By Andrew Warshaw

May 23 – He had apparently said goodbye to his staff without even having been told officially by his employers that he is surplus to requirements and is being replaced by the self-styled Special One. But according to the BBC, it is now official. Louis Van Gaal is leaving Manchester United after two years of a three-year contract and is currently discussing severance terms.

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Infantino hustles to explain power grab was mission crucial and that money is no issue

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By Andrew Warshaw

May 20 – In a trouble-shooting exercise to offset the resignation of one of his most important anti-corruption watchdogs, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has sought to claim the moral high ground by denouncing what he described as “premature conclusions and speculation”.

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FIFA ethics calls for 2-year ban for Niersbach over Germany 2006 bid

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By Andrew Warshaw

May 20 – The career of Wolfgang Niersbach (pictured), for so long the rising star of German football administration who was touted as a potential leader of UEFA, has suffered a potentially fatal blow with FIFA’s ethics committee recommending a two-year ban and a SFr30,000 fine be imposed on him following an investigation of Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid.

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Infantino recruits Norway’s Siem to strategic role and to ‘streamline’ FIFA

By Andrew Warshaw

May 19 – Having taken FIFA’s membership completely by surprise with the announcement of Fatma Samoura as his new general secretary, Gianni Infantino’s team building has continued with Norwegian football federation official Kjetil Siem being hired in the new role of director of strategic matters.

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Prince Ali slams Infantino’s ‘betrayal’ of football that leaves FIFA exposed

By Andrew Warshaw

May 18 – Two-time FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan has angrily condemned Gianni Infantino for a “complete betrayal” of FIFA’s membership following Infantino’s controversial power grab at last week’s Congress in Mexico.