https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Fifa's ethics committee had been investigating the role played by the organization's president, Gianni Infantino, in the Confederation of African Football's (CAF) presidential elections before its chairman was removed from office, sources said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170620/ousted-fifa-ethics-heads-were-investigating-infantino-say-sources Tue, 20 Jun 2017 10:08:05 +0200 ousted-fifa-ethics-heads-were-investigating-infantino-say-sources Fifa's ruling council on Tuesday unanimously approved an expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams in 2026, with a format of 16 groups of three nations. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170110/fifa-approves-expanded-world-cup-for-2026 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:08:14 +0100 fifa-approves-expanded-world-cup-for-2026 Fifa has called in two lawyers to act as mediators in conflicts with staff amid mass changes at world football's governing body, based in Zurich. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170104/fifa-calls-in-lawyers-to-help-resolve-staff-disputes Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:46:26 +0100 fifa-calls-in-lawyers-to-help-resolve-staff-disputes Fifa's chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak on Wednesday stepped down from his post after 22 years in the job, football's world governing body announced. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161103/top-doc-becomes-latest-fifa-official-to-resign Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:15:55 +0100 top-doc-becomes-latest-fifa-official-to-resign FIFA president Gianni Infantino has vowed that the 2026 World Cup bidding process will be free of the controversy that surrounded the selection of Russia as 2018 hosts and Qatar in 2022. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161006/fifa-chief-promises-clean-2026-world-cup-bid Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:42:11 +0200 fifa-chief-promises-clean-2026-world-cup-bid Fifa president Gianni Infantino's salary has been fixed at 1.5 million Swiss francs a year (1.38 million euros, $1.5 million), world football's governing body revealed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160901/infantinos-salary-deal-reflects-will-to-end-abuses Thu, 01 Sep 2016 10:21:53 +0200 infantinos-salary-deal-reflects-will-to-end-abuses Fifa has not yet shown that it respects human rights and must be ready to brandish the threat of withdrawing a World Cup to prove it means business, according to an independent review of football's world governing body released on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160414/report-fifa-must-prove-it-respects-human-rights Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:30:32 +0200 report-fifa-must-prove-it-respects-human-rights Swiss police on Wednesday searched Uefa headquarters in Nyon as part of a "criminal mismanagement" probe into a Champions League television rights deal signed by Fifa's new president Gianni Infantino. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160406/uefa-searched-after-infantino-linked-to-panama-papers Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:13:52 +0200 uefa-searched-after-infantino-linked-to-panama-papers Fifa on Wednesday demanded tens of millions of dollars in damages from the "sordid" officials now facing charges in the United States over mass bribery scandals that have rocked world football. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160316/fifa-demands-damages-out-of-forfeited-bribes Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:31:26 +0100 fifa-demands-damages-out-of-forfeited-bribes Sepp Blatter congratulated Gianni Infantino on being elected his successor as FIFA president following a campaign focused on the need to condemn his scandal-plagued 18-year era to the past. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160228/gianni-infantino-has-qualities-to-continue-my-work-blatter Sun, 28 Feb 2016 11:16:51 +0100 gianni-infantino-has-qualities-to-continue-my-work-blatter Scandal-tainted Fifa is heading for a $100 million-plus deficit for 2015 and rival candidates for the leadership of football's world body have warned of catastrophe if some campaign promises are carried out. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160222/fifa-candidates-at-odds-over-financial-promises Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:53:38 +0100 fifa-candidates-at-odds-over-financial-promises