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FILE - In this Tuesday March 3, 2020 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The election to lead African soccer is seeming to be dominated by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who supports South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe to win the top job in a ballot next week. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Swiss court rules against prosecutor in FIFA case

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FILE - in this file photo dated Tuesday, July 17, 2018, former U.S. President Barack Obama, right, delivers his speech, as Patrice Motsepe, left, looks on at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. The election to lead African soccer is seeming to be dominated by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who supports South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe to win the top job in a ballot next week. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, FILE)

Mining billionaire FIFA’s chosen man to run African soccer

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, July 19, 2019 file photo, the then Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar looks on during the African Cup of Nations final soccer match between Algeria and Senegal in Cairo International stadium in Cairo. The interim president of African soccer Constant Omari is under investigation by FIFA's ethics committee. Omari stepped up to lead the African governing body when its president Ahmad Ahmad was banned by FIFA ethics judges in November. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

African soccer leader’s ban cut, but ruled out of election

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FILE - In this Tuesday March 3, 2020 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The election to lead African soccer is seeming to be dominated by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who supports South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe to win the top job in a ballot next week. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

FIFA brokers deal to decide next African soccer president

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday March 3, 2020 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Human rights activists are denouncing FIFA President Gianni Infantino's starring turn in a promotional video for the Saudi Arabian government in which he claims the kingdom has made important changes. The slick 3½-minute PR campaign was posted on Twitter by the Saudi ministry of sport on Thursday Jan. 7, 2021, featuring Infantino participating in a ceremonial sword dance and sweeping shots of the palaces of Diriyah. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

FIFA leader defends his Saudi links and World Cup host Qatar

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, July 17, 2018, former US President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Patrice Motsepe, as he arrives at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, to deliver the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture. The election to lead African soccer is seeming to be dominated by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who supports South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe to win the top job in a ballot next week. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, FILE)

FIFA tours Africa, aims to hold sway in soccer election

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, May 20, 2017, Bayern legend Franz Beckenbauer stands on the pitch prior to the German first division Bundesliga soccer match against SC Freiburg in Munich, Germany. Beckenbauer and other German officials who helped organize the 2006 World Cup were subject to a FIFA ethics investigation opened in 2016, but ethics judges have closed the investigation Thursday Feb. 25, 2021, because a statute of limitations expired. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, FILE)

FIFA ends bribery case against Germany great Beckenbauer

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus, center, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the English Premier League match between Manchester City and Sheffield United at the the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. (Michael Regan/Pool via AP)

FIFA pledges taking no health risks in World Cup qualifiers

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, July 19, 2019 file photo, the then Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar looks on during the African Cup of Nations final soccer match between Algeria and Senegal in Cairo International stadium in Cairo. The interim president of African soccer Constant Omari is under investigation by FIFA's ethics committee. Omari stepped up to lead the African governing body when its president Ahmad Ahmad was banned by FIFA ethics judges in November. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Court gives banned African soccer head hope of election bid

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday March 3, 2020 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Human rights activists are denouncing FIFA President Gianni Infantino's starring turn in a promotional video for the Saudi Arabian government in which he claims the kingdom has made important changes. The slick 3½-minute PR campaign was posted on Twitter by the Saudi ministry of sport on Thursday Jan. 7, 2021, featuring Infantino participating in a ceremonial sword dance and sweeping shots of the palaces of Diriyah. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

FIFA unveils education program to combat abuse

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

FIFA probes African soccer leader, bars him from election

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 file photo, former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, center, appears in front of the building of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, in Bern, Switzerland. Former FIFA president Blatter spent a week in an induced coma after having heart surgery in December, his family said on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The 84-year-old Blatter, who also tested positive for COVID-19 late last year, was well enough only this week to be moved from an intensive care unit at the hospital. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP, FIle)

Sepp Blatter spent a week in an induced coma, daughter says

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi walks out of the pitch after being shown a red card during the Spanish Supercopa final soccer match against FC Barcelona at La Cartuja stadium in Seville, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)

Plans for breakaway European Super League spark FIFA warning

By ROB HARRIS and GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

After 2018 own goal, FIFA opens World Cup TV sale in Italy

Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, July 1, 2017, Alexey Sorokin, Local Organising Committee CEO of Russia 2018 World Cup, speaks during a news conference at the St. Petersburg Stadium, Russia. On Thursday Jan. 14, 2021, Russia is giving up its place on FIFA’s ruling council while proposing its soccer federation president Sorokin as a candidate to join UEFA’s executive committee. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, FILE)

Russia giving up top FIFA seat, targets new UEFA position

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, May 21, 2020, Yves Jean-Bart, president of the Haitian Football Federation, wearing a protective face mask, arrives for a court hearing regarding allegations that he abused female athletes at the country's national training center, in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. In a verdict announced Friday Nov. 20, 2020, the FIFA ethics committee has found Jean-Bart guilty, banned him from the sport for life and fined him dollars 1.1 million, following accusations of systematic sexual abuse of female players. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, FILE)

FIFA details depths of sexual abuse case in Haitian soccer

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday March 3, 2020 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A special prosecutor in Switzerland on Thursday Dec. 10, 2020, has recommended opening a criminal investigation against FIFA President Gianni Infantino for using a private jet in 2017. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Amnesty critical of FIFA leader starring in Saudi PR video

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept.1, 2020 file photo, former FIFA President Sepp Blatter appears in front of the building of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, in Bern, Switzerland. Blatter and Michel Platini are facing a more serious charge of fraud in a five-year investigation of their past dealings at FIFA. Swiss federal prosecutors on Friday, Nov. 27 they intensified their investigation into FIFA’s $2 million payment to Platini in 2011 that Blatter approved. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP, file)

FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter over museum

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Bayern's Robert Lewandowski, left, scores despite the challenge of Wolfsburg's Maxence Lacroix during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Matthias Balk/Pool photo via AP)

Robert Lewandowski wins FIFA award as best men’s player

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, May 21, 2020, Yves Jean-Bart, president of the Haitian Football Federation, wearing a protective face mask, arrives for a court hearing regarding allegations that he abused female athletes at the country's national training center, in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. In a verdict announced Friday Nov. 20, 2020, the FIFA ethics committee has found Jean-Bart guilty, banned him from the sport for life and fined him dollars 1.1 million, following accusations of systematic sexual abuse of female players. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, FILE)

FIFA sends new officials to Haiti during abuse investigation

Associated Press