FIFA meets with women's soccer decisions, anti
FIFA’s gravest crisis erupted with police raids at its annual meeting in 2015 and nine years later international soccer’s 211 member federations gather this week in Thailand with some of the resulting anti-corruption reforms now in retreat.
During three days of meetings starting Wednesday in Bangkok, international soccer’s governance standards are set to distract from significant decisions in women’s soccer — including picking a 2027 World Cup host — and FIFA pushing its members to do more to tackle racism in stadiums.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino also is scheduled Friday for a first news conference with international media since Saudi Arabia was effectively confirmed last October as host of the men’s 2034 World Cup.
Infantino should get approval at the annual congress earlier Friday for his move to restore a pre-2015 sprawl of committees, giving him the option of awarding hundreds of expenses-paid posts to soccer officials worldwide who vote in the election for FIFA president every four years.