Lisa Nandy, UEFA and FIFA
Tuesday
UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy has backed calls for Gianni Infantino to leave FIFA but opposed using the Under-20 Women’s World Cup as part of a European boycott. Poland says no participating European nation has formally withdrawn.
Nandy argued that players should not be punished for a governance dispute they did not create. Her intervention adds political pressure on Infantino while highlighting disagreement over whether UEFA’s threatened boycott should extend to a major women’s youth tournament.