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FIFA president Gianni Infantino, left, smiles after receiving the shirt of the Venezuelan soccer team with Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, right, during his visit at Miraflores Presidential Palace in in Caracas, Venezuela , Friday , Oct 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Infantino says biennial WCups can bring youth back to soccer

By Rob Harris Oct. 20, 2021 08:25 AM EDT

Britain's players pose for a team photo prior during a women's soccer match against Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Sapporo, Japan. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
EXPLAINER: The Olympic soccer team that doesn't quite exist

By Rob Harris Jul. 24, 2021 09:59 PM EDT

Barcelona's Lionel Messi reacts after a missed scoring opportunity during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
FIFA head aims to rethink soccer competitions and schedule

By Graham Dunbar May. 21, 2021 03:06 PM EDT

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the 45th UEFA Congress in Montreux, Switzerland, Tuesday April 20, 2021. In a speech that seemed to blame the club owners and absolve players, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said he can only "strongly disapprove" of the Super League. "If some elect to go their own way, then they must live with the consequences of their choice," Infantino said. "They are responsible for their choice." (Richard Juilliart/UEFA via AP)
Saudis put World Cup every 2 years back on FIFA's agenda

By Graham Dunbar May. 18, 2021 03:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 file photo, former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, center, appears in front of the building of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, in Bern, Switzerland. Former FIFA president Blatter spent a week in an induced coma after having heart surgery in December, his family said on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The 84-year-old Blatter, who also tested positive for COVID-19 late last year, was well enough only this week to be moved from an intensive care unit at the hospital. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP, FIle)
Sepp Blatter spent a week in an induced coma, daughter says

By Graham Dunbar Jan. 21, 2021 12:03 PM EST

FILE — In this file photo taken Tuesday Oct. 14, 2014, South African soccer captain Senzo Meyiwa, is photographed in Johannesburg. Six years and one day since Meyiwa was fatally shot at his celebrity girlfriend's house, five men accused of being part of a plot to assassinate him in an organized "hit" appeared in a courtroom Tuesday, Oc. 27, 2020, only for the case to be beset again by confusion and doubt. (AP Photo/File)
Arrests, drama 6 years after S. Africa soccer star's killing

By Gerald Imray Oct. 27, 2020 12:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2015 file photo, FIFA's Markus Kattner, listens during a conference in Moscow. FIFA banned its former finance director Markus Kattner for 10 years on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 in a case of top management self-dealing salary raises and bonuses totalling tens of millions of dollars. FIFA says its ethics committee judges found charges proven against Kattner of conflicts of interest and abuse of position. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)
FIFA bans former finance director Kattner for 10 years

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 30, 2020 01:13 PM EDT

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Exterior view of The Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, Monday, March 9, 2020. Three former German football officials and ex-FIFA Secretary-General Urs Linsi will go on trial over suspicions that Germany bought votes to obtain the 2006 Soccer World Cup. (Samuel Golay/Keystone via AP)
Swiss trial in 2006 World Cup case suspended, nears collapse

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 21, 2020 10:22 AM EDT

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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 19, 2018 file photo, former FIFA President Joseph Blatter arrives at a hotel in Moscow, Russia. Suspended former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has arrived in Moscow for a World Cup visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Five years into a sprawling investigation of soccer corruption, the first courtroom trial in Switzerland is due to begin Monday, March 9, 2020 in a 2006 World Cup fraud case. Sepp Blatter, the former FIFA president, and German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer are listed by Switzerland's federal criminal court to testify in the trial of four soccer officials implicated in a suspect 6.7 million euros ($7.6 million) payment. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, file)
Swiss prosecutors intend to drop 1 FIFA case against Blatter

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 11, 2020 07:23 AM EDT