{"id":869425,"date":"2026-08-24T07:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869425\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T07:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:12:10","slug":"nordic-soccer-associations-have-lost-confidence-in-fifa-boss-infantino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869425\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordic soccer associations have &#8216;lost confidence&#8217; in FIFA boss Infantino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STOCKHOLM (AP) \u2014 Six Nordic national soccer associations piled more pressure on embattled <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA<\/a> President Gianni Infantino on Sunday by saying they had \u201clost confidence\u201d in his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The associations from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland and the Faeroe Islands issued a joint statement to say they \u201cview the organization\u2019s governance and decision-making at the highest level with great concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The associations said they stand united with European soccer governing body UEFA and support the measures it has already proposed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect FIFA to provide binding guarantees that the organization\u2019s governance or competitions will never again be opened up to private ownership,\u201d the associations said.<\/p>\n<p>Infantino faces pressure to resign after his plans <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-fifa-infantino-investors-10160e494eebf37301201b9175ec836d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to sell future World Cup profits<\/a> to private investors triggered a backlash and criticism from UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation and CONCACAF, the governing body for North and Central American and Caribbean soccer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also support the call by AFC, CONCACAF and UEFA for a fully independent external investigation into the events surrounding the FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal,\u201d the Nordic associations said. <\/p>\n<p>The statement called for FIFA to \u201cinitiate a comprehensive and independent review of its governance framework\u201d to see whether it is adhering to the \u201cindependence, checks and balances, transparency and accountability that were intended when FIFA adopted its reform program in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See AP\u2019s full soccer coverage here<\/a>\n              <\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STOCKHOLM (AP) \u2014 Six Nordic national soccer associations piled more pressure on embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,77,561,82],"class_list":["post-869425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-international","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}