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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been re-elected by acclaim to another four-year term after suggesting the financial results under his leadership would keep an industry CEO in the job for life.

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FIFA says it has earned record revenues of $7.5 billion in the four years of commercial deals tied to the World Cup in Qatar.

FIFA's choice of Qatar to host the World Cup has long been marred by criticism over human rights abuses, the safety of migrant workers and the logistics of holding a soccer tournament in desert heat.

The tournament will be a reminder of the clash in values between the liberal West and the rich Arab states.

Doha may not get the global prestige it hoped from soccer’s biggest tournament, but it is already drawing a diplomatic dividend.

The World Cup tournament in Qatar is only days away from starting, but talk of boycotts is only getting louder.

Former Germany captain Philipp Lahm says it was “a mistake” to award the World Cup to Qatar.

The tournament will be a reminder of the clash in values between the liberal West and the rich Arab states.

Blatter, who has long said he voted for the United States, made the admission in his first major interview since being acquitted in July of financial misconduct at FIFA.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago.

The first World Cup in the Middle East is only one month away.

The two had denied the charges against them.

FIFA will introduce new technology to improve offside calls at the World Cup in Qatar this year, using a limb-tracking camera system.

The name “FIFA” can bring to mind images of the World Cup and soccer’s greatest players.

The 85-year-old former FIFA president and 66-year-old former UEFA president now face a trial at federal criminal court in Bellinzona.

Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were charged with fraud and other offenses by Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday after a six-year investigation into a controversial $2 million payment. The 85-year-old Blatter and 66-year-old Platini now face a trial at federal criminal court in Bellinzona. “This payment damaged FIFA’s assets and unlawfully enriched Platini,” Swiss federal prosecutors said in a statement.

Wearing masks because of the coronavirus and with their arms folded and heads bowed, they were charged with murder, attempted murder, robbery and firearm offenses. It cast doubt on an announcement by police on Monday — the sixth anniversary of Meyiwa's killing — that they had arrested the five that morning in operations in two provinces. A man arrested for Meyiwa's killing in the days after was released due to a lack of evidence. The case appeared to be slipping away from police, who established a “cold case team” in 2018. Police minister Bheki Cele announced the “major breakthrough” in the Meyiwa case and the arrests on Monday but declined to disclose details of the investigation.

LONDON Gianni Infantino can remain FIFA president and should not be forced from power while under criminal investigation, world football's governing body told The Associated Press on Saturday. A Swiss special prosecutor opened a criminal case into Infantino's conduct on Thursday over his meetings with the country's attorney general who has been leading a sprawling investigation into football corruption. There is nothing preventing the president from performing his duties, FIFA said in a statement to the AP. The FIFA president is subject to a criminal investigation by the Swiss judicial authorities," FIFA said, but he has not been charged nor is he guilty of anything. FIFA is convinced that at the end of the current investigations it will be confirmed that the FIFA president didnt do anything wrong by performing his fiduciary duties and meeting the attorney general of Switzerland, FIFA said.

Former president of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Lamine Diack, center, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Monday, June 8, 2020. Lamine Diack jetted the world and rubbed shoulders with VIPs. The most conspicuous absentee was his son, Papa Massata Diack, who lives in Senegal and didn't travel to Paris for the trial. He conducted himself like a thug," Lamine Diack said in court. Prosecutors asked the court for a 4-year prison term and a fine of 500,000 euros ($562,000 ) for Lamine Diack.

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 19, 2018, former FIFA President Joseph Blatter in Moscow, Russia. According to documents Saturday June 13, 2020, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is the target of a new investigation in Switzerland for suspected criminal mismanagement of soccer funds. The Swiss federal prosecution office did not immediately reply to a request for comment from the AP. The Swiss prosecution document does not directly link the timing of FIFAs $1 million payment with the general election in Trinidad and Tobago. A second Swiss criminal proceeding has been open against Blatter since September 2015 related to FIFA payments to former UEFA president Michel Platini.

The next leader of world soccer will face a huge challenge to repair the sport’s reputation. Soccer analyst and co-host of “Men in Blazers” Roger Bennett joins "CBS This Morning" to weigh in on what the future holds for FIFA following the shocking resignation of President Sepp Blatter.

Interpol is getting involved in the corruption investigation in world soccer a day after long time FIFA president, Sepp Blatter announced his resignation. The U.S. welcomes Blatter's decision. Mark Phillips reports in London.

David Larkin, Co-Director of the ChangeFIFA Campaign, discusses FIFA President Sepp Blatter announcing he is stepping down.

Despite a major bribery and corruption scandal, FIFA, soccer's world governing body, has re-elected its president. Seven of Blatter's top lieutenants were indicted in the United States last week, but Blatter himself was not charged. Allen Pizzey reports from Rome.