FIFA President Calls for Russia's International Football Ban to Be Lifted

Ana Maria Rus

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has reignited one of the most sensitive controversies in world sport, saying that football's world governing body should lift its ban on Russia from international competitions. The comments, made in an interview with Sky News and reported by Politico, come amid persistent geopolitical tensions over the war in Ukraine and a growing rapprochement between FIFA and the US administration. Russia was suspended by FIFA in the winter of 2022, immediately after the full-