GENEVA (AP) — FIFA is set to create dozens of new committees and expert panels, reversing a governance reform passed in 2016 when the world soccer body was in turmoil during corruption scandals. FIFA’s plan to increase its number of standing committees from seven to 35 — with the option to let its president Gianni Infantino create and appoint extra panels of experts — was detailed in a draft update of its legal statutes released late Wednesday. Creating the new bodies could let FIFA award hundre
EFL sources say the league was sidelined from the final agreement to change the FA Cup’s format from the first round proper.
The tantalizing prospect of Kylian Mbappé squaring up to Real Madrid in the Champions League final looms large. Mbappé becomes a free agent at the end of the season when Madrid is favorite to finally land the forward it has coveted for so long. Before that there are trophies to be won, with none bigger in club soccer than the Champions League. Madrid has dominated the competition with 14 wins, while Paris Saint-Germain and Mbappé are still waiting for their first. Mbappé's imminent departure has
Replays have been abolished from the first round onwards from next season.