Новости за 11.12.2020

By Andrew Warshaw

December 11 – Gianni Infantino’s increasingly bitter war with the Swiss justice authorities over whether he is guilty of corruption has taken another significant twist with a special prosecutor recommending a criminal investigation against the FIFA President for using a private jet in 2017.

Stefan Keller, appointed to investigate former attorney general Michael Lauber’s undocumented meetings with Infantino against whom criminal proceedings were already opened in July... Читать дальше...

By Paul Nicholson

December 11 – Concacaf, whose member associations have so often trailblazed in the women’s game, has restructured its senior women’s national teams calendar “with the aim of transforming women’s national team football across the entire confederation”.

Broken into two parts, the calendar will for 2021/22 be built around FIFA World Cup qualification and for 2023/24 see the introduction of a Women’s National League – the first of any of the global confederations to do so. Читать дальше...

By Andrew Warshaw

December 11 – The umbrella body representing all of Europe’s major leagues has re-iterated its concern over the Continent’s financial haves and have-nots and has urged UEFA to hand more of its Champions League cash to those not participating in its elite competition.

The European Leagues says there must be a fairer distribution scheme in the 2021-24 cycle in order to prevent domestic leagues becoming “distorted” and that a meeting will take place with UEFA next week to kick off talks to this effect. Читать дальше...

By Paul Nicholson

December 11 – Addressing the CAF General Assembly today, FIFA president Gianni Infantino spoke of a priority within global football to “project” Africa on the world stage. It was his second Congress address, having spoken to the AFC earlier in the week.

In an speech that banged the drum for Africa’s potential he even floated the idea of a pan-African league that would keep the continent’s talent in Africa rather than see it endlessly drift into Europe and European teams. Читать дальше...

December 11 – The much-maligned and financially challenged Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said it is projecting a loss of $13 million for the 2020-21 season. 

December 11 – A loan of €67 million has been agreed with 11 clubs, most in LaLiga’s second tier, to help them financially manage their way through the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.

December 11 – Barcelona’s French international forward and World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann, who has been an ambassador for tech giant Huawei, has cut commercial ties with the company citing China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims.

December 11 – Robinho’s appeal over a nine-year prison sentence for rape has been thrown out by a court in Milan.