FIFA raised president Gianni Infantino’s base salary by 33% last year to lift his total pay package to more than 4.13 million Swiss francs, football’s governing body said in its financial report. FIFA’s typically conservative projection did not include income for the 32-team men’s Club World Cup that launches next year in the U.S. FIFA paid its CEO-like secretary general …
GENEVA — FIFA raised president Gianni Infantino’s base salary 33% last year to lift his total pay package to more than 4.13 million Swiss francs, soccer’s governing body said in its financial report. FIFA’s typically conservative projection did not include income for the 32-team men’s Club World Cup that launches next year in the U.S. FIFA paid its CEO-like secretary …
The Swiss prosecutor’s office on Wednesday demanded a 20-month suspended jail sentence for Michel Platini and ex-president of FIFA Sepp Blatter, accusing them of fraud. The prosecution accuses Blatter of having signed off an invoice for two million Swiss francs presented to FIFA by Platini in 2011, almost nine years after the end of his work as Blatter’s adviser. Hence …
