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OSLO, July 31 : FIFA's proposal to sell a stake in the World Cup has provoked a "very serious situation" for the game, Norwegian Football Federation president Lise Klaveness said on Friday.
July 31 : Carlos Cordeiro, senior advisor to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, resigned with immediate effect on Friday in protest at proposals to sell a stake in the World Cup, calling the plan "a bad deal for football".
MILAN: Franco Baresi, the former AC Milan captain who was one of Italy’s most acclaimed defenders, has died. He was 66. His death was announced on Friday by Milan, the soccer club where he spent his entire 20-year playing career.
The Asian Football Confederation said on Friday (Jul 31) it "stands in solidarity" with regional bodies UEFA and CONCACAF in opposing plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors but stopped short of threatening to boycott events run by FIFA, global soccer's governing body.
FIFA defended its proposed World Cup private equity venture early Friday and said that «nobody is selling football» after broad criticism of the plan across international soccer.
ROME, July 31 : Former AC Milan and Italy defender Franco Baresi, one of the most recognisable players of the golden era of Italian football in the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 66, his former club said on Friday.
July 31 : FIFA said on Friday it would push ahead with consultations on a plan to bring private investment into the World Cup and its other tournaments, after Europe's football federation threatened a boycott and other regional confederations issued stinging rebukes of the plan.
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani was absent from the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup Thursday because of lingering soreness in his left knee, the same one that has kept him from pitching for close to a month. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts described the decision as precautionary — «just so it doesn't turn into something that it shouldn't that we can prevent,» he said — and expected Ohtani to return to the lineup Friday.