• FIFA President Gianni Infantino Cleared in Ethics Probe

    Committee said flights taken by Mr. Infantino did not amount to ethics code violations

    ZURICH—FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who was elected to lead soccer’s governing body following a series of corruption scandals, has been cleared of possible ethics violations following an internal investigation.

    The probe by the investigatory chamber of FIFA’s independent ethics committee examined several flights taken by Mr. Infantino in the first months after he was elected to replace Sepp Blatter last February, according to an ethics committee statement. The flights, which weren't detailed, didn't violate FIFA’s code...

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