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Greek Football Association president Makis Gagatsis and former Germany national team director Oliver Bierhoff on Tuesday backed UEFA's push for change in FIFA's leadership, underscoring a united European front in opposition to FIFA president Gianni Infantino.’The Greek FA (EPO) has taken a clear position against a candidacy of Gianni Infantino,’ EPO President Makis Gagatsis told reporters.’We saw things happen at the World Cup that are not acceptable to football public opinion,’ Gagatsis said.’Then… came a programme to sell World Cup rights and we are clearly against it, so we withdrew our support of the FIFA president.’He was speaking after a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, with a ‘legends'’ five-a-side game held in the city centre to promote UEFA's grassroots programme.UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin was also present at the event but did not talk to media.Infantino has been under mounting pressure ever since he unveiled a proposal to sell a commercial stake of the World Cup to private investors. The plan prompted fierce opposition, with UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation and North America's CONCACAF among those calling for change at the top of FIFA.FIFA quickly abandoned the plan and apologised to member associations for mistakes made, but its leadership reaffirmed support for Infantino after a crisis meeting in August in Morocco.UEFA has been among the staunchest critics of Infantino and have said a change in leadership is now necessary given the loss of trust in Infantino, who is planning to run for re-election in March. 'WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF FOOTBALL'’We have to take care of football,’ Bierhoff, who was Germany's national team director for 18 years until 2022, said.’It is already commercial but it is a property for all of football.’The world views may be different but in the last weeks and months a lot happened so that we have no trust any more that it will be going in the right direction.’Infantino has weathered the opposition against him since he apologised to FIFA members in August over errors surrounding the abandoned proposal but has since declined to discuss the fallout publicly.Sources have told Reuters his critics are now having to rethink their strategy.They have until mid-November to name a rival presidential candidate but so far there is no clear frontrunner.On Saturday, Danish football chief Jesper Moller, a member of UEFA’s Executive Committee, said he would continue working with European colleagues to find a candidate who could command a majority. Source link
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H.E. Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain, Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee and Vice Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qatar 2027, participated in the Women in Basketball Forum, hosted by FIBA in the German capital Berlin on Friday, bringing together leading figures, decision-makers and representatives from the sports, media and business sectors. Al Buenain took part in a panel discussion titled “Beyond the Game: Building a Legacy for the Next Generation,” which explored future opportunities for basketball, ways to expand opportunities for women and girls in sport, and the role Qatar’s hosting of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 can play in supporting the development of the game and creating a sustainable legacy in Qatar and across the region. During the session, Al Buenain stressed that hosting the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qatar 2027 represents an opportunity that goes beyond staging a major global sporting event, contributing to the growth of the game, encouraging future generations to take up basketball and broadening participation in Qatar and across the region. He said: “Qatar 2027 is not about proving that Qatar can host another major sporting event; Qatar has already demonstrated that, repeatedly, over the past two decades. The real opportunity now is to show what happens when world-class infrastructure, experience and innovation come together, and stay together, long enough to become a lasting, mainstream legacy for basketball, for this region, and for the next generation.” He also stressed that the true measure of the tournament’s success goes beyond the event itself to what it leaves behind once the final buzzer sounds. He highlighted the importance of building on Qatar’s world-class infrastructure, experience and capabilities, and leveraging the hosting of the tournament to support the long-term development of basketball, broaden opportunities for participation, and establish a lasting legacy for the game in Qatar, across the region and for future generations. The Women in Basketball Forum explores the opportunities shaping the future of women’s basketball through a series of sessions and discussions addressing key drivers of growth across the sports ecosystem, including investment, leadership, media, fan engagement and commercial innovation, while highlighting the growing role of women’s basketball in shaping the future of sport. Source link
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