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FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrives for the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Blatter criticizes Infantino’s plans for World Cup formats

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Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is surrounded by the media as he leaves the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Blatter said on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, that picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago. (Alessandro Crinari/Keystone via AP, File) **FILE**

Sepp Blatter says picking Qatar as World Cup host was a ‘mistake’

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is surrounded by the media as he leaves the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini have arrived at a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding FIFA, the world governing body of soccer. (Alessandro Crinari/Keystone via AP) **FILE**

Blatter, Platini reiterate innocence in testimony to court

By Daniella Matar - Associated Press

FIFA President Sepp Blatter, left, and UEFA President Michel Platini are engaged in conversation during the 65th FIFA Congress held at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, on Friday, May 29, 2015. Swiss prosecutors have charged former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini with fraud and other offenses. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP) **FILE**

Former FIFA officials Blatter, Platini indicted for fraud in Switzerland

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Blatter banned by FIFA a 2nd time for financial wrongdoing

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

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

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter appears in front of the building of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, on Tuesday, Sept.1, 2020, in Bern, Switzerland. Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini each face interrogation from the Swiss public prosecutor as part of the proceedings opened in 2015 over a payment of 2 million Swiss francs. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

Sepp Blatter questioned in FIFA investigation in Switzerland

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2015 file photo, FIFA's Markus Kattner, listens during a conference in Moscow. FIFA banned its former finance director Markus Kattner for 10 years on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 in a case of top management self-dealing salary raises and bonuses totalling tens of millions of dollars. FIFA says its ethics committee judges found charges proven against Kattner of conflicts of interest and abuse of position. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)

FIFA bans former finance director Kattner for 10 years

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, April 29, 2016 file photo, UEFA President Michel Platini leaves the international Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, surrounded by media after a hearing in Lausanne, Switzerland. Former UEFA president Michel Platini is formally under investigation in Switzerland for a $2 million payment he got from FIFA in 2011. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Michel Platini now a formal suspect in Swiss case

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 19, 2018, former FIFA President Joseph Blatter in Moscow, Russia. According to documents Saturday June 13, 2020, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is the target of a new investigation in Switzerland for suspected criminal mismanagement of soccer funds. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, FILE)

Fresh Swiss investigation targets ex-FIFA president Blatter

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 19, 2018 file photo, former FIFA President Joseph Blatter arrives at a hotel in Moscow, Russia. Suspended former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has arrived in Moscow for a World Cup visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Five years into a sprawling investigation of soccer corruption, the first courtroom trial in Switzerland is due to begin Monday, March 9, 2020 in a 2006 World Cup fraud case. Sepp Blatter, the former FIFA president, and German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer are listed by Switzerland's federal criminal court to testify in the trial of four soccer officials implicated in a suspect 6.7 million euros ($7.6 million) payment. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, file)

Police file reveals suspicions of Blatter in FIFA TV deal

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, April 29, 2016 file photo, UEFA President Michel Platini leaves the international Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, after a hearing in Lausanne, Switzerland. Michel Platini is free to work in soccer again on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019 morning after his four-year ban by FIFA expires overnight. The former UEFA president told The Associated Press on Monday unsure he is where and when he will return. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, file)

Platini plans comeback, legal fight after 4-year FIFA ban

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2014 file photo then FIFA President Sepp Blatter attends a news conference in Marrakech, Morocco. Switzerland’s federal criminal court on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 says it recused attorney general Michael Lauber from overseeing a sweeping criminal investigation of FIFA officials. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who has been a criminal suspect since September 2015 yet never charged, tells The Associated Press: “Now I got part of my trust and confidence in the Swiss justice back.” (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Former FIFA head Blatter: Sarkozy meeting key to Qatar vote

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets the journalists during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

APNewsBreak: FIFA’s robust cash reserves soar to $2.7B

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets the journalists during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

APNewsBreak: FIFA reserves soar to $2.7B, revenue at $6.4B

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Platini says 1998 World Cup draw ‘trickery’ helped France

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 1, 2011 file photo Sepp Blatter attends a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA’s former president Sepp Blatter said Thursday March 8, 2018 that the North American bid to host the 2026 World Cup now seems “afraid” of losing to Morocco. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Blatter: North American bid ‘afraid’ to lose 2026 World Cup

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIFA told by Iran eventually women will be allowed at games

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Banned ex-FIFA head Blatter backs Morocco 2026 World Cup bid

By The Associated Press - Associated Press