Yet again, FIFA, and its chief, Gianni Infantino, have distinguished the game of football by showing what it is all about. Not glorious athletes representing code and country across the globe. No…

OPINION: Trump's phone call to overturn Balogun's ban has exposed Infantino as a spineless puppet unfit to run football, and turned any US World Cup success into a permanently…

The US President has been unusually quiet. Now he’s made the tournament all about himself

The decision by Gianni Infantino’s FIFA to suspend USA striker Folarin Balogun's red card ban after a call from Donald Trump has severely compromised the tournament's integrity.

L’ascesa del capo del calcio mondiale è fatta di rapporti sempre più stretti con i potenti del pianeta. Favoritismi, personalizzazioni e ‘regali politici’ hanno spinto tanti a…

Follow LIVE updates as the 2026 World Cup continues with FIFA president Gianni Infantino responding to comments made by US President Donald Trump

The relationship between Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino has been long in the making and is now at the center of one of the great World Cup controversies.

President Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino have a storied history even before a controversial call that led to a red card suspension.

I rapporti politici e i voti dei piccoli Paesi sono i pilastri su cui si basa il suo potere. Le gaffe, gli errori e il debole per i più forti. Nel mondiale vol…

Football's governing body faces growing questions over political influence

A Belgium victory was probably the result FIFA needed but the dark marks on this World Cup will not be removed easily

OPINION: Gianni Infantino has bound himself to the US President.

Donald Trump’s intervention in the Folarin Balogun furore has opened the Fifa president to his most fierce criticism yet, writes Miguel Delaney, and may pave the way for more…

Yet again, FIFA, and its chief, Gianni Infantino, have distinguished the game of football by showing what it is all about. Not glorious athletes representing code and country…