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Soccer fans gathered on the grounds of the legislature to take part in the FIFA World Cup 2026 countdown celebration event in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press via AP)

FIFA raises top ticket price for World Cup final to $10,990 during glitch-hampered sales reopening

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Akron Stadium, a venue for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, stands in Guadalajara, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

FIFA’s Infantino has ‘complete confidence’ in Mexico to host World Cup games despite cartel violence

By Carlos Rodríguez - Associated Press

Akron Stadium, a venue for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, stands in Guadalajara, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Gianni Infantino has ‘complete confidence’ in Mexico to host World Cup games despite violence

By Carlos Roriguez - Associated Press

FILE - PSG's Ousmane Dembele celebrates after scoring during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FIFA slashes price of some World Cup tickets to $60 after global fan backlash

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the 32nd European Football Clubs General Assembly in Rome, Italy, Thursday Oct. 9, 2025. (Fabrizio Corradetti/LaPresse via AP)

FIFA president calls on protesters to keep calm at Israel’s soccer games amid peace talks

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, hands the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy to President Donald Trump during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Media grills FIFA’s Infantino about fans being safe, welcome in the US at 2026 World Cup

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, from right, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino present Chelsea's Cole Palmer with the golden ball trophy after Chelsea won against Paris St Germain in the Club World Cup final, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Soccer players’ union hits back at ‘autocratic’ FIFA and Infantino in fallout from Club World Cup

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FIFA says Vinicius Junior will help tackle racism in revived task force

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FIFA makes European TV deal for Women’s World Cup, ends standoff with broadcasters

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

England players celebrate after defeating Brazil 4-2 in a penalty shootout at the end of the Women's Finalissima soccer match between England and Brazil at Wembley stadium in London, Thursday, April 6, 2023. The match had ended tied 1-1. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

FIFA warns Europe of Women’s World Cup broadcast blackout

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani leave the stage before the 2022 soccer World Cup draw at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, on April 1, 2022. A spying operation on behalf of World Cup host Qatar bugged a 2017 hotel meeting between Infantino and Switzerland’s then-attorney general during an investigation of soccer officials, Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported Sunday March 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Report: Qatar spied on Swiss prosecutor, FIFA boss meeting

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrives for the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Blatter criticizes Infantino’s plans for World Cup formats

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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 &quot;strongly disapprove&quot; of the Super League. &quot;If some elect to go their own way, then they must live with the consequences of their choice,&quot; Infantino said. &quot;They are responsible for their choice.&quot; (Richard Juilliart/UEFA via AP)

FIFA president gets legal win, special prosecutor removed

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, Zvonimir Boban, FIFA's Deputy Secretary General for Football, holds the lot of Chile during the draw for the soccer Confederations Cup 2017, in Kazan, Russia. Former Croatia and AC Milan great Zvonimir Boban is returning to top level soccer politics as an advisor to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin according to an announcement Friday April 16, 2021.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, FILE)

Croatia great Boban back in soccer politics as UEFA adviser

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday March 3, 2020 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The election to lead African soccer is seeming to be dominated by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who supports South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe to win the top job in a ballot next week. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Swiss court rules against prosecutor in FIFA case

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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, July 17, 2018, former US President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Patrice Motsepe, as he arrives at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, to deliver the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture. The election to lead African soccer is seeming to be dominated by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who supports South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe to win the top job in a ballot next week. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, FILE)

FIFA tours Africa, aims to hold sway in soccer election

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus, center, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the English Premier League match between Manchester City and Sheffield United at the the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. (Michael Regan/Pool via AP)

FIFA pledges taking no health risks in World Cup qualifiers

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018 file photo, Switzerland's attorney general Michael Lauber briefs the media at a news conference in Bern, Switzerland. Lauber has offered to resign in the latest fallout from meetings he had with FIFA president Gianni Infantino during a sprawling investigation into soccer corruption. Lauber offered his resignation to the parliamentary judicial commission ahead of the publication of a federal court ruling in his appeal against being disciplined in March for misconduct. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP, file)

Swiss parliament picks special prosecutor for FIFA case duty

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Nasser al-Khelaifi, president of Paris Saint-Germain, at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. FIFA would help fund a global agency to tackle corruption in sport, its president Gianni Infantino said Monday. Infantino spoke at a United Nations event in Austria as the corruption trial was opening in Switzerland as part of a long-running investigation of soccer officials, including Qatari soccer and television executive Nasser al-Khelaifi and former FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke. (Francesa Agosta/Keystone via AP)

FIFA’s Infantino explains his Swiss criminal case to members

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, center, with from left, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Investigated at home, FIFA head visits Trump, White House

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press