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Fifa’s plan for expanded 48-team Club World Cup will not be blocked by Uefa
SportThe Guardian4d ago

Fifa’s plan for expanded 48-team Club World Cup will not be blocked by Uefa

Backing a sign of improved relations between presidents Tournament expected not to be held every two years Uefa is ready to back Fifa’s proposed expansion of the Club World Cup to 48 teams for the next edition in 2029 in a sign of improving relations between their respective presidents, Aleksander Ceferin and Gianni Infantino. European football’s governing body had opposed plans to grow the Club World Cup over concerns an expanded tournament could threaten the status of the Champions League, but Uefa is now willing to back Fifa in return for an undertaking that the competition will not be held every two years. Continue reading...

FIFA president Infantino celebrates in Beirut after receiving a Lebanese passport
SportYahoo6d ago

FIFA president Infantino celebrates in Beirut after receiving a Lebanese passport

FIFA President Gianni Infantino received his Lebanese passport at the Interior Ministry in Beirut on Monday, months after he was granted citizenship by the country’s president. Infantino, who is married to Lebanese citizen Lina al-Ashkar, thanked President Joseph Aoun when he received him Monday for granting him and his family Lebanese citizenship. The meeting with Aoun took place after Infantino visited the Interior Ministry where her performed the official process of filing documents, being photographed and having his fingerprints taken before he was handed a copy of his new blue Lebanese passport.

IOC chief 'to look' at Infantino over Trump links, hails Milan Games
SportYahoo2d ago

IOC chief 'to look' at Infantino over Trump links, hails Milan Games

Olympics boss Kirsty Coventry says she will see if FIFA president Gianni Infantino has broken any rules because of a deal with US President Donald Trump's new Board of Peace. Infantino, who is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), signed what FIFA described as "a strategic partnership to drive recovery and peace through football" with Trump's Board - which European nations see as an unwanted rival to the United Nations.