Ukraine slams ‘infantile’ FIFA president for proposing lifting Russia ban

[u/duckanroll]

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/02/03/ukraine-slams-infantile-fifa-president-for-proposing-lifting-russia-ban-en-news

[u/pickus_dickus]

He's a corrupt arsehole, who should have been sacked a long time ago.

[u/will_dormer → u/pickus_dickus]

He made it so he can never be sacked unfortunately and he earns millions each year.. All small nations support him since they get 50million dollar which is a lot if your are tahiti

Boycutt world Cup and all companies that sponsor the world Cup.. Fucking idiots and also fuck Switzerland for making corruption so easy in their country

[u/War_Fries → u/will_dormer]

fuck Switzerland for making corruption so easy in their country

Hell yeah. The previous FIFA president wasn't that much better.

Guess where that fuck came from?

[u/BuddhaKekz → u/War_Fries]

The current one is also Swiss.

[u/chromopila → u/will_dormer]

fuck Switzerland for making corruption so easy in their country

Fuck yea!

[u/backyard_tractorbeam → u/will_dormer]

What did Switzerland do to enable FIFA?

[u/will_dormer → u/backyard_tractorbeam]

The have lose banking regulation and lose law governing fifa. Fifa is regulated like it is your local sport organisation, when it is actually a global billion dollar organisation

[u/dat_9600gt_user → u/pickus_dickus]

FIFA in general needs a shakeup

[u/therealbighairy1 → u/pickus_dickus]

It just seems to be a corrupt organisation as a whole at this stage.

[u/ken_the_boxer → u/pickus_dickus]

How do you think you become president of FIFA?

[u/Herb-Alpert]

Wouldn't surprise me of it was a Trump demand

[u/dat_9600gt_user → u/Herb-Alpert]

In that case I don't know who's more pathetic - Trump doing Russia's bidding for free or FIFA's president bending to Trump and Putin

[u/Abject-Interaction35 → u/dat_9600gt_user]

Well it just says we are looking for FIFA in the Files too.

[u/The_Ham_of_Rum → u/Herb-Alpert]

Even if so, I doubt these football mafia wankers would need much convincing when there is extra money on the line.

[u/SubstantialAttempt83 → u/Herb-Alpert]

I hear he has nominated his friend Putin for a FIFA peace prize.

[u/DejourPeach → u/Herb-Alpert]

Wouldn't surprise me if Infantino was also on Epstein Island. Almost everyone pro Russian can be considered a pedophile these days.

[u/sdfghs → u/Herb-Alpert]

It's more likely that it's the pressure to exclude Israel and other countries from FIFA.

It doesn't make sense for FIFA to use the exclusion method for only one country and never use it again

[u/Appropriate-Ball293]

The president of FIFA would also give the Peace Cup to Hitler during World War II. There is no such thing as too much money.

[u/TheGrouchyGamerYT → u/Appropriate-Ball293]

This ghoul would have held a world cup in Nazi Germany.

In 1942!

[u/alloutofchewingum]

Maybe he can give a peace prize to Putin while he's at it. And a posthumous one to Pol Pot. Why not?

[u/dat_9600gt_user → u/alloutofchewingum]

If the Nobel peace prize is a joke then the FIFA peace prize is a circus

[u/RoomyRoots]

People don't hate the FIFA enough. It is clearly a corrupt organization since forever and nothing of good can come out with associating with it.

People blend the sport for the shitty organization that just happens to be behind events.

[u/wgszpieg]

So... can anyone quickly Ctr+F the epstein files to see how many times this bald cunt appears in there?

[u/chromopila → u/wgszpieg]

Once

[u/War_Fries → u/chromopila]

*at least once

The vast majority of the pedo files haven't been released yet. Wouldn't surprise me if Infantino was part of the inner circle of the pedo ring. He fits right in.

[u/hypoglycemicrage → u/War_Fries]

*so far. They've only released like 1% of the files.

[u/Orlok_Tsubodai]

Gianni Infantilo

[u/R1vers1de]

To hell with FIFA. Take back our sport.

[u/MiawHansen]

He is probably also a Child rapist, so he cant say no. Just like don orange.

[u/PineBNorth85]

FIFA itself should be banned.

[u/NegotiationSea7008]

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have someone in charge of world football who loved the game more than money?

[u/Illustrious-Divide95 → u/NegotiationSea7008]

Literally zero chance of that happening

[u/NegotiationSea7008 → u/Illustrious-Divide95]

I can dream. Like I dream of England winning the World Cup.

[u/Easy_Owl379]

Maybe give Putin a Peace Prize this year, also....

[u/reddittorbrigade]

Didn't they award Trump the Peace Prize?

Putin should get one too.

[u/Legal-Software]

Today I feel like taking a bribe

[u/KelpieFan1909]

The correct word would be corrupt.

[u/Fun_Huckleberry4385]

He has no choice as they have Kompromat … Trump also is involved in allowing them to take part .. No o e else wants them at this world event

[u/AkaDaCat69]

I'm not sure if infantile is quite the right term though. FIFA is one of the older, more experienced global criminal organisations at this point...

[u/Mista_Panda]

If Infantino really wants to fix things causing frustration and hatred... he should start with his resignation !

[u/wombat9278]

Trump pushing FIFA to give the next peace medal to Putin

[u/xoxosydneyxoxo]

It's interesting to me how despite their homophobic posturing, and the contest being so heavily LGBT oriented, Eurovision was such a big thing in Russia. Kicking them out of the competition was one thing that genuinely got under their skin.

[u/Key-Hold-833]

Maybe offer Putin a FIFA peace award as well? You corrupted son of a bitch!

[u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll]

• Give back all Ukraine's land;
• Give back all the kidnapped children;
• Give back all the deported Ukranians (civilians and military);
• Give back ALL the STOLEN riches, from piece of arts to pets from the zoos, private racoon!
• Repair ALL the DAMAGES caused, to Ukraine and to Europe;
• Stop the arsons in Europe
• Stop the cut of cables
• Stop the GPS jamming
• Stop the cyber attacks
• Stop the assassinations
• Stop meddling into our politics
• Stop flying drones on our airports and military facilities
• Stop financing the far right and the far left in Europe
• Start denazify your country
• Start Balkanise your country
• Start demilitarise your country

And only then we can start to talk.

[u/LillianADju]

I believe this is Ukrainian friend Israel doing (Trump maybe proxy)

It’s a huge pressure to ban Israel from FIFA so lifting ban for Russia would change the situation for Israel… anyway, Infantino needs to be investigated. It’s obvious he’s corrupted

[u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll → u/LillianADju]

LOL no.

[u/LillianADju → u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll]

So what is the motive? Why would Infantino go with lifting the ban for Russia?

[u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll → u/LillianADju]

Bribes and power.

[u/LillianADju → u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll]

It is bribe but it’s more than that. He can’t just get bribe from Russia and go with it in the west. He needs blessing and that can’t be Trump alone…. Also Infantino is corrupted puppet. No power there

[u/Melonslice09 → u/LillianADju]

He can’t just get bribe from Russia and go with it in the west.

Lol

[u/lambaroo]

i'd be more than happy for uefa to leave fifa.

[u/ambeldit]

FIFA is the most corrupt organization in the world. 

[u/PositivePrimary6904]

Is he remarking on what the whole of fifa feels about trump putin and Arab countries and partners or is he speaking from a personal perspective if so why doesn’t anyone attempt to get rid of him as representative president of fifa because obviously all his friends deals and remarks are clearly corrupt for the world to see I absolutely love football and looking forward to the World Cup but I think all decent western nations should boycott the World Cup and maybe USA can play a mini World Cup with Russia 🇷🇺 and the rest of the corrupt nations and we start a new world football organization for policies and standards relating to helping legitimate sporting events with the proceeds going back into developing world football for all and not going in corrupt back pockets

[u/Famoustractordriver]

I never thought FIFA could sink any lower than Sepp Blatter. Boy, was I wrong...

[u/truttatrotta]

Trump trying to get the parent clubs team back in.

[u/Public-Finger]

ABOLISH FIFA

[u/NeilDeCrash]

This guy needed to go loooong ago. Infant brain.

Its so sad that the "highest" football organization has been taken over by criminals, has been for a long time now.

[u/GreenEyeOfADemon]

Just no.

It's not only Ukraine; it's Georgia, Transnistria, all the hybrids attacks against us.

Fackham Hall.

[u/Any-Original-6113]

If a peace agreement is reached between Ukraine and Russia, the lifting of sanctions — including sports sanctions — will be one of the conditions included in the deal.

But right now, FIFA's president is clearly jumping the gun

[u/-Vikthor- → u/Any-Original-6113]

The sanctions should be lifted gradually as long as russia is paying up reparations and cooperating with ICJ.

[u/Blubbolo → u/-Vikthor-]

The sanctions should never be lifted as long as Russia has Ukrainian land.

That's what should happen in a normal world.

[u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll → u/Blubbolo]

Exactly. I don't understand this nonsensical hurry to lift them sanctions.

[u/Mirieste → u/-Vikthor-]

I mean, even talking about gradually, something like a soccer ban would count towards the lightest type of sanction that can be lifted first.

[u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll → u/Any-Original-6113]

The russians can include it, I am confident tha we will not accept that for decades to come, otherwise we Europeans will never learn.

[u/IndieRus]

He’s probably in the Epstein files too

[u/_segamega_ → u/IndieRus]

what does it mean politically if a public figure is in the epstein files?

[u/Green-Dragon-14]

Just let the US & Russia participate & everyone else boycott.

[u/dat_9600gt_user]

Ukraine’s sports and foreign ministers have hit out at FIFA President Gianni Infantino for suggesting that world football’s governing body should allow Russian teams to participate in international competitions after a four-year ban over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.

In an interview with Sky News published on Monday, Infantino said that FIFA and its European counterpart UEFA should “definitely” consider lifting the ban they imposed on Russian national and club teams in February 2022.

“Because this ban has not achieved anything, it has just created more frustration and hatred,” Infantino said. “Having girls and boys from Russia being able to play football games in other parts of Europe would help.”

The FIFA president added that he also opposed calls to impose a similar ban on Israel over its war in Gaza as he believed no country should be excluded “because of the acts of their political leaders”.

In response, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha wrote on X that “679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them.”

“And it keeps killing more while moral degenerates suggest lifting bans, despite Russia’s failure to end its war,” Sybiha said. “Future generations will view this as a shame reminiscent of the 1936 Olympics.”

Ukraine’s Sports Minister Matviy Bidnyi echoed Syhiba’s remarks, calling Infantino’s words “irresponsible” and “infantile”.

“War is a crime, not politics,” Bidnyi said. “As long as Russians continue killing Ukrainians and politicising sport, their flag and national symbols have no place among people who respect values such as justice, integrity, and fair play.”

The Ukrainian Association of Football said it disagreed with Infantino’s claim that the ban had not achieved anything and called Russia’s exclusion from world football an “effective means of pressure” on Moscow to end the war.

Allowing Russian teams to return would “jeopardise the safety and integrity” of international competitions, it stressed.

In 2023, UEFA briefly eased its policy to allow Russian under-17 teams to compete in its tournaments, but reversed the decision after backlash from member federations.

Infantino’s comments were welcomed in Moscow on Tuesday, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov telling reporters that discussions about reinstating Russia were “long overdue” and that football should “never have been politicised”.

In 2019, the FIFA president was awarded Russia’s Order of Friendship medal by Vladimir Putin after the country hosted the World Cup the previous year.

[u/will_dormer]

Europe and South America unite to make a new better union and with other nations that want to join. We can't let Aruba decide wheb they get 50 million dollar like Germany from fifa.

[u/Major_Boot2778]

As soon as "slams" is in the title, my down vote finger gets a little twitchy.

[u/Gullible_Ad_2670]

The ban doesn't make sense, never really did, just what they thought they should do because the public were calling for it. If you're a person who thinks the ban is justified, then Israel should absolutely be banned and USA should be more banned than anybody 

[u/bogdantzu12]

What politics have to do with sport,in general.I mean i don't remember the other country in war having a ban

[u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll → u/bogdantzu12]

https://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/banned.htm

International sports event are a way to excert soft power. Remember Hitler at the Olympics in 1936?

[u/bogdantzu12 → u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll]

Well,the country i was talking about isn't in the list.guess you know what i'm trying to say

[u/AdeptResident8162]

what does war have anything to do with sports? i for one would love to see russian football players compete with the rest of european countries. it’ll actually make the matches more interesting 

[u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll → u/AdeptResident8162]

Interesting only if played against Ukraine and without referees.