Gianni Infantino

Gianni Infantino’s actions at Fifa remain more dangerous than his words | Sean Ingle

Fifa’s Gianni Infantino has been reelected unopposed and has pushed through unpopular reforms like the enlarged, 48-team World Cup

Sean Ingle

20, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM

The Best Fifa Awards: a pantomime in Paris staged by the Imperial Starfleet | Barney Roney

Fifa’s glittering ceremony at the Salle Pleyel was one more step in its relentless quest for power under the emperor Infantino

Barney Ronay in Paris

28, Feb, 2023 @5:00 PM

Fifa’s Infantino to discuss Qatar ‘labour excellence hub’ in Davos

Gianni Infantino is to meet Gilbert Houngbo, head of the International Labour Organisation, to discuss flagship Fifa commitment to post-World Cup legacy

Paul MacInnes

19, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM

Infantino’s call for Pelé stadiums everywhere is a monument to folly | Jonathan Wilson

Fifa president has utterly failed to grasp how football allows communities to celebrate their local heroes

Jonathan Wilson

07, Jan, 2023 @8:00 PM

Forget Fifa’s power play – Qatar’s World Cup has displayed international football at its finest

Argentina v France will be a fitting end to a tournament where the game proved bigger than problems that dogged it off pitch

Paul MacInnes

17, Dec, 2022 @1:30 PM

Gianni Infantino announces 32-team men’s Club World Cup in 2025

Gianni Infantino has risked a major row with Europe’s leading federations by announcing that Fifa will launch a 32-team men’s Club World Cup in 2025

Nick Ames in Doha

16, Dec, 2022 @2:24 PM

Globalise the final round of qualifying and a 32-nation World Cup may still add up | Jonathan Wilson

You could achieve the greater spread and interest that 48 teams is supposed to deliver with a rankings-based qualifying finale

Jonathan Wilson

11, Dec, 2022 @7:30 AM

Infantino is the nowhere man in this bonfire of greed, vanity and despotic power | Barney Ronay

Fifa is expected to rake in a record £6.3bn from this messiest and most divisive of all World Cups, while the global game spins out of control

Barney Ronay in Doha

28, Nov, 2022 @10:00 PM

Gianni Infantino and Fifa have failed football by botching buildup to Qatar | Jonathan Wilson

Lack of preparation time means that most competing nations will not have had the chance to try fresh faces or tactics

Jonathan Wilson

19, Nov, 2022 @8:00 PM

Gianni Infantino does his Football Jesus act during bizarre monologue on Qatar | Barney Ronay

Fifa’s leader revealed himself in all his marzipan ooze, shifting shape but oddly lost and angry ahead of this reeling World Cup

Barney Ronay in Doha

19, Nov, 2022 @7:00 PM

Anger over Fifa president’s ‘stick to football’ letter to World Cup teams

Amnesty International urges sport’s international governing body to help abused workers and their families rebuild lives

Shanti Das

13, Nov, 2022 @8:00 AM

‘There’s so many having major moral thoughts’: England fans conflicted over Qatar World Cup

Concern over host country’s human rights record and stance on gay rights finds some boycotting tournament, while others plan to attend but ‘speak their mind’

Alexandra Topping

11, Nov, 2022 @2:12 PM