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FIFA President congratulates Chennai City on winning I-League title
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Gianni Infantino, the FIFA President congratulated Chennai City FC for winning their maiden I-League title.
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48-team World Cup 2022 feasible: FIFA president
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Atlanta [US], Mar 16 (ANI): FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to enlarge the tournament from 32 to 48 teams in the next World Cup if certain conditions are met.
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Sleeping giant has woken up: Striker Jeje Lalpekhlua on Indian football te
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 23 (ANI): India was dubbed as a sleeping giant by former FIFA President Joseph Blatter way back in 2006. Post India’s heart-warming performance in the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, national team striker Jeje Lalpekhlua believes that "sleeping giant is now awake and ever-evol
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PM Modi gets hooked on to football fever in Argentina
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], Dec 02 (ANI): Argentina's infectious football frenzy caught up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday (local time) as he received a football jersey from FIFA president Gianni Infantino during the G20 Summit here.
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Trump meets FIFA President to discuss FIFA 2026
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], August 29 (ANI): United States president Donald Trump on Tuesday met with International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) president Gianni Infantino at the White House to discuss FIFA World Cup 2026 which is to be held in the US.
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FIFA President congratulates I-League champ Minerva Punjab FC
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): Gianni Infantino, head of football's world governing body, FIFA, has congratulated Minerva Punjab FC, the recently crowned I-League 2017-18 champions.
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Hope Solo accuses ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter of sexual assault
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Nov 11 (ANI): American goalkeeper Hope Solo has revealed that she was sexually assaulted by former FIFA president Sepp Blatter at the Ballon d'or awards ceremony in January 2013.
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FIFA president writes to PM Modi over U-17 WC success
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], November 6 (ANI): Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) president Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino has congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for successfully hosting the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the country.
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FIFA President congratulates I-League champions Aizawl FC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): FIFA President Gianni Infantino has congratulated Aizawl FC, who were recently-crowned I-League 2016-17 champions.
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FIFA to expand World Cup to 48 teams from 2026
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan. 10 (ANI): The FIFA Council has decided to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from 2026, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino's revamp plan receiving unanimous backing.
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FIFA is not the `world doping police`: Infantino
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec. 19 (ANI): In the wake of the latest findings of the McLaren report, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has ruled out taking the 2018 World Cup from Russia.
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Blatter vows to accept final verdict on six-year FIFA ban
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug. 25 (ANI): Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has pledged to accept the verdict as he made his final appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against his six-year ban from all football-related activities.
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