The sporting year of 2016 appears, in retrospect, like a dramatic struggle between the forces of light and darkness.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino believes the organisation has “regained credibility” in the wake of the crisis which has engulfed the body and claims the world is gradually beginning to accept the changes he has implemented.

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko is among five confirmed candidates for the vacant European member seats on the FIFA Council. 

Russia will not be stripped of the hosting rights for the 2018 World Cup in the wake of the findings in the second part of the McLaren report, FIFA President Gianni Infantino has stated while claiming the governing body is not the "world doping police".

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended proposals to expand the World Cup to as many as 48 teams following fierce criticism from the European Club Association (ECA).

European Club Association (ECA) chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has fiercely criticised FIFA’s proposed expansion of the World Cup, claiming the plans are politically and financially motivated.

Ralf Mutschke has left his position as director of security at world football’s governing body FIFA after four-and-a-half years in the role, it has been announced.

An expanded 48-team World Cup could feature 16 groups of three nations under plans thought to be favoured by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has postponed a visit to Australia so that he can attend funeral services in Brazil for the 71 people that died in a Colombian plane crash earlier this week.

Host nation Russia will take on UEFA European Championships winners Portugal in the group stage of next year’s Confederations Cup after the draw for the tournament was made in Kazan today.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has urged FIFA to be “more active” in promoting the 2018 World Cup as Gianni Infantino arrived in the country for tomorrow’s Confederations Cup draw.

I don’t know about you but I’m fairly certain UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner wouldn’t have made-up what he, as a minimum, thought he heard about Qatar paying bribes to land the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships. Having said that, I am not saying that Sebastian Coe is not telling the truth; or, indeed, the other four witnesses the IAAF’s Ethics Board spoke with about the issue.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s dream of an expanded World Cup could become a reality after the governing body’s ruling Council agreed to look into the prospect of growing the tournament to 40 or 48 teams from the 2026 edition of the quadrennial showpiece.

Major changes to the way the World Cup will be run have been unveiled as part of FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s wide-ranging strategic plan for football.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s proposed expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams is set to be scrutinised by the fellow members of the governing body’s ruling Council during a two-day meeting in Zurich.