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LATEST NEWS ON FIFA, SEPP BLATTER AND MICHEL PLATINI

UEFA to take hit at expanded World Cup as they will be handed smaller percentage of places from 2026

06/01/17 11:33

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Europe, the powerhouse of international and club football, will to have to accept a smaller percentage of places at the extended World Cup from 2026. Strong support from the other confederations means president Gianni Infantino’s election manifesto pledge for a bigger competition will be voted through at the FIFA Council meeting in Zurich on Tuesday, whatever UEFA’s stance. The expected format is for 48 countries to take part, split into 16 groups of three, two of whom go through to a 32-team knockout stage. That means all finalists are assured of two games, while the World Cup winners will still play a maximum of seven matches and the duration of the tournament is unaffected. ...read

02/01/17 15:39

Eva Longoria and German television presenter Marco Schreyl have been named as the hosts of FIFA's Football Awards ceremony on January 9. The pair will take to the stage in Zurich, Switzerland next week.

28/12/16 13:01

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has claimed global football federations are 'overwhelmingly in favour' of his proposal to expand the current World Cup format from 32 nations to 48.

19/12/16 23:24

Scotland did not escape without punishment. They also wore black armbands bearing a poppy during the game at Wembley and have been fined 20,000 Swiss Francs (£15,698) by FIFA.

17/12/16 22:42

EXCLUSIVE BY NICK HARRIS: FIFA are investigating Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko over his alleged role in the state-sponsored doping scandal.

17/12/16 18:32

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended the use of video replays despite a shaky debut for the new system at the Club World Cup. The system will allow referees to halt play and make decisions.

14/12/16 15:22

Kashima defender Daigo Nishi was fouled inside the box by Atletico forward Orlando Berrio in the 31st minute of the encounter, an incident initially missed by the officials but spotted on the replays.

12/12/16 23:06

Cristiano Ronaldo has added yet more silverware to his already extensive collection by winning the 2016 Ballon d’Or ahead of long-time rival Lionel Messi.

12/12/16 01:25

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Five recent FA leaders are calling on the Government to appoint a regulator to carry out wholesale reform of English football’s ruling body.

07/12/16 17:43

Infantino has suggested that the format of the competition could change from eight groups of four teams to 16 groups of three. That would mean some nations being drawn into Group P.

05/12/16 16:36

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against his six-year ban from football over a £1.3million 'disloyal payment' to Michel Platini.

05/12/16 13:33

The 80-year-old Swiss, who served as FIFA chief from 1998 to 2015, contested his six-year ban imposed for an alleged 'disloyal payment' made to then UEFA president Michel Platini in 2011.

30/11/16 23:05

The searches were carried out in what was described as the 'German-speaking part of Switzerland' and involves a €6.7million payment made by the German Football Association in 2005.

24/11/16 08:21

Football fans have lashed out at FIFA after the organisation announced its decision to open disciplinary proceedings against Northern Ireland and Wales after fans wore poppies during matches.

18/11/16 22:11

Players from both teams wore the armbands despite being warned by FIFA that it would contravene an International Football Association Board (IFAB) rule.

17/11/16 22:41

Both countries chose to defy FIFA by wearing poppies in Friday's Group F match to commemorate the armistice that ended World War One. The game ended 3-0 to England on Friday night.

15/11/16 13:25

Both sets of players go into the tie knowing that video replays will be in use to determine what action the on-field referee should take. Sportsmail explains the VAR system and the status of its trial.

12/11/16 22:39

The English and Scottish FAs defied FIFA, after the governing body said the wearing of poppies falls under the ban on commercial, personal, political or religious messages.

11/11/16 09:37

CHARLES SALE: The brains trust who will help choose the next England boss will include former FA technical chief Howard Wilkinson, but not Manchester United director David Gill.

09/11/16 17:36

After leading Honduras between 1990 and 1994, Rafael Callejas became president of the Honduran Football Association in 2002, also serving on their marketing and television committee.

05/11/16 16:07

FIFA was at the centre of a new farce as it announced a belated investigation into Irish football shirts marking the centenary of the Easter Rising - seven months after the kit was worn in a friendly game.

03/11/16 17:46

Gianni Infantino says his plan to expand the World Cup finals is less drastic than his critics suggest, and would create more excitement for fans, broadcasters and sponsors.

03/11/16 12:14

FA bosses have said they will ignore FIFA's ban on poppies at Remembrance Day by wearing black armbands with poppies on. FIFA said 'any kind of sanction' could now follow.

03/11/16 10:15

The FA will risk a potential points deduction in their World Cup qualifying group by defying FIFA’s order to not wear poppies on armbands in their Armistice Day match against Scotland.

02/11/16 09:59

The two teams are being blocked from displaying the famous symbol when they meet at Wembley on Armistice Day itself because the governing body regards it as a 'political statement'.

01/11/16 12:28

The PSG defender was playing for the Ivory Coast in a 3-1 victory over Mali in October when he pulled his hand across his throat in the direction of the crowd in celebration of an Ivorian goal.

01/11/16 01:07

Silvio Gazzaniga, the sculptor who designed the World Cup trophy, has died. He was 95. Gazzaniga's son, Giorgio, said his father passed away in his sleep at home in Milan.

31/10/16 16:22

Football's governing body have announced the inaugural 'Best FIFA Football Awards' and declared the prizes the 'definitive accolade. The awards will take place in Zurich on January 9, 2017.

25/10/16 16:52

Real Madrid legend Raul believes Cristiano Ronaldo deserves to win the Ballon d'Or as a reward for captaining Portugal to a shock triumph at Euro 2016.

14/10/16 13:46

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: It looks increasingly likely the World Cup Finals will be contested by 40 or 48 countries in 2026, after Gianni Infantino said there was a 'positive' feeling.

13/10/16 20:32

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has described talks about the likely expansion of the World Cup from 2026 as 'positive' but said more work needs to be done before a call is made in January.

10/10/16 13:30

CHRIS WHEELER: Gianni Infantino says he was saddened by Sam Allardyce's departure from the England job after just one game, but promised to crack down on third-party ownership of players.

09/10/16 18:48

A Team GB Olympics football team would not endanger the four home nations' independent status in the eyes of FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

07/10/16 12:34

JEFF POWELL: We are beginning to wonder what exactly has been achieved by driving former FIFA president Sepp Blatter out of football. Gianni Infantino succeeded Blatter to that office six months ago.

05/10/16 10:01

Controversial plans to expand the World Cup finals to 48 teams were slammed as ‘ludicrous’ on Tuesday. FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to beef up the tournament's current 32-team format.

27/09/16 12:48

Yaya Toure has expressed his disappointment with FIFA's decision to disband its anti-racism task force. The FIFA Task Force was set up in 2013 and wound up on Sunday, FIFA saying it has achieved its mission.

26/09/16 12:39

Their mission was 'clearly fulfilled' according to new secretary general Fatma Samoura after one task force member, Osasu Obayiuwana, voiced his dismay at the decision on Sunday.

23/09/16 17:52

Dutch great Marco van Basten has been appointed as FIFA's chief officer for technical development. Van Basten stepped down from his role as assistant manager of Holland last month.

22/09/16 13:34

UEFA head Aleksander Ceferin has dismissed allegations about his record in Slovenia and promised that Europe's governing body would not make any illegal payments to Michel Platini.

19/09/16 23:03

Several defendants charged in a wide-ranging corruption case involving soccer's global governing body FIFA are in talks with US officials about possibly pleading guilty.

17/09/16 23:21

The competition would be a major overhaul and upgrade of the existing FIFA Club World Cup usually played in December and could take the place of the FIFA Confederations Cup.

17/09/16 09:28

Sportsmail understands that FIFA have made contact with the Slovakian FA as they begin a preliminary investigation. The Slovak FA have just been asked to clarify the player's comments.

14/09/16 22:30

CHARLES SALE: The event is traditionally held in FIFA’s home city of Zurich but there’s a desire to add more glitz and numbers to the occasion with a change of venue and London is first choice.

14/09/16 16:44

Michel Platini addressed UEFA for the final time at their extraordinary Athens conference this week. He bid farewell to former colleagues but not before maintaining his innocence of all wrongdoings.

12/09/16 12:42

Michel Platini will speak at a UEFA Congress in Athens on Wednesday despite his four-year ban from football. He was given permission to attend by the FIFA ethics committee.

09/09/16 12:17

The FIFA Appeal Committee confirmed that they have rejected the appeals submitted by the Spanish clubs, who will now not be able to buy any players in the next two transfer windows.

08/09/16 10:25

CHARLES SALE: Nike’s backing of the England team is said to be in serious doubt following the huge disappointment of Euro 2016, where replica kit sales were far less than expected.

06/09/16 16:29

Gianni Infantino added he would be happy for several countries to share the hosting of the World Cup, describing it as much a 'social event for the whole world' as a global sporting competition.

05/09/16 14:10

Canadian teenager Lance Stroll has emerged as a frontrunner to replace Felipe Massa at the Williams Formula One team next season after the Brazilian announced his retirement last week.

05/09/16 12:48

German football great Franz Beckenbauer underwent open heart bypass surgery on Saturday just days after Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings against him.

02/09/16 00:47

MATT LAWTON: Franz Beckenbauer's house was raided on Thursday after he became a criminal suspect in a World Cup fraud case allegedly involving money laundering.

01/09/16 17:59

Commanders told game organisers that referees would be banned because their decisions ‘do not judge according to what Allah has revealed’ and are a 'violation of Allah's command'.

25/08/16 18:20

Sepp Blatter's 18-year run at the head of world football's governing body ended acrimoniously last December when he was banned from the sport for eight years, later reduced to six.

24/08/16 17:33

Sepp Blatter is set to appear at a hearing into his six-year ban from football. The Court of Arbitration for Sport is set to meet on Thursday and rule on the former FIFA president's punishment.

17/08/16 17:07

Two former officials from Africa should be banned for life, the investigatory chamber of world governing body FIFA's ethics committee has said.

06/08/16 15:31

CHARLES SALE: There is a motion put forward at Sunday’s annual meeting of the London Amateur Boxing Association for all its clubs to leave England Boxing and join the new Amateur Boxing Alliance.

05/08/16 18:32

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has once again vehemently denied that he acted corruptly when in office during a German television show in which he allowed cameras into his Zurich home.

03/08/16 18:24

A US federal judge has announced that the trial of FIFA could begin in October or September 2017. The wide-ranging corruption case has so far charged 42 individuals and entities.

26/07/16 00:52

Infantino, elected in February this year, is seeking approval for a 40-team tournament for the 2026 edition, continuing the governing body of world football's bid to increase its global profile.

25/07/16 15:57

The 65-year-old spent over three years as head of the DFB before stepping down after reports surfaced around alleged bribery taking place for the award of the 2006 World Cup to Germany.

20/07/16 00:36

Spanish Football Federation president Angel Maria Villar has officially thrown his hat in the ring to become the next UEFA president.

19/07/16 22:56

MARTHA KELNER: The man in charge of organising the 2018 World Cup in Russia could be stripped of his role after he was implicated in the country's systematic doping scandal.

18/07/16 18:37

Construction on the new Zanit Stadium - which is scheduled to host a number of matches, including one of the semi-finals - began in 2007 but has fallen behind it's orginal schedule.

18/07/16 18:01

The global soccer body said Alfa Bank would 'activate sponsorship initiatives' around the 2018 World Cup, which is being hosted by Russia. FIFA hope to land sponsors across five regions.

15/07/16 13:19

A minimum four-year ban has been recommended for former FIFA executive committee member Worawi Makudi by the investigatory chamber of the governing body's ethics committee.

10/07/16 17:42

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has undergone minor surgery to treat skin cancer. Blatter's spokesman, Thomas Renggli, says the 80-year-old is at 'home and fine'.

09/07/16 18:58

The UEFA executive committee have decided to create a three-member compensation panel to oversee salary matters of senior management, including the president and general secretary'.

08/07/16 13:43

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter will go to sport's highest court on August 25 to challenge his six-year ban from football for approving a £1.3million FIFA payment to Michel Platini.

05/07/16 16:28

Sepp Blatter's former right-hand man Jerome Valcke has had his 12-year ban reduced to 10 years and the six-year ban for former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon has been cut to five years.

05/07/16 16:10

FIFA has announced the ticket prices for the 2018 World Cup, with the cost of the cheapest tickets for foreign fans up by more than 16% since 2014.

04/07/16 09:39

Euro 2016 in France has seen a return of football hooliganism in the stands and on the streets which had been largely absent from recent international competitions and UEFA want to tackle it.

15/06/16 11:37

CHARLES SALE: England assistant coach Gary Neville is expected to return to Sky Sports as a football pundit next season following an unsuccessful spell with Valencia.

14/06/16 09:17

Blatter said no draw for a FIFA event had been fixed on his watch, but that he had seen it done for European competitions. 'Of course, you can mark them (by) heating them or cooling them,' he said.

08/06/16 19:05

'We received a letter today from FIFA telling us Michel could attend matches as a person, providing he doesn't do so in an official function', a UEFA official told reporters on Wednesday.

07/06/16 12:52

EA Sports have released the first trailer for the highly-anticipated FIFA 17 video game with the global release date set for September 29, 2016.

06/06/16 01:56

In an interview with Swiss newspaper Le Matin, Infantino dismissed suggestions he was seeking £1.4million in salary, and claimed he had found himself at the heart of a 'witch trial'.

05/06/16 11:48

Under-fire FIFA boss Gianni Infantino came under renewed pressure on Saturday night to explain a series of potentially unlawful manoeuvres that threaten to seriously derail his presidency.

04/06/16 09:07

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Infantino, who is already proving as poor a leader of world football as Blatter was, is under the spotlight for ordering the deletion of a copy of an audio tape.

03/06/16 23:16

Three former FIFA officials, including ex-president Sepp Blatter, conducted a 'co-ordinated effort to enrich themselves' which cost the organisation more than £55million in the last five years.

31/05/16 15:36

Earlier this month The Mail on Sunday revealed the resignation of audit and compliance chief Domenico Scala over controversial new rules that came into force at the recent FIFA Congress.

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