About this episode

The episode discusses Gianni Infantino's presidency at FIFA and the controversies surrounding the World Cups in Russia and Qatar.

After surprising everyone by becoming FIFA President, Gianni Infantino had weathered early controversies by neutering the Ethics Committee.  Now he had to deliver two of the most controversial World Cups in history, Russia and Qatar. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes Early access to any live show tickets See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mick Molloy, Titus O’Reily

Topics covered

• FIFA
• Gianni Infantino
• World Cups
• controversies
• sports governance

Keywords

• FIFA
• Gianni Infantino
• World Cup
• Russia
• Qatar
• sports
• controversy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA

Places: Russia, Qatar

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