Who should police FIFA when national associations lose trust?
CIVIC LANE
Norway’s football federation formally referred three disputes to FIFA’s ethics and governance mechanisms on 6 October. One filing asks whether Gianni Infantino or other officials may have breached FIFA’s ethics rules. A second asks whether governance, financial oversight and internal decision-making operated as intended. FIFA has not accepted that misconduct occurred and says relevant governance matters are scheduled for discussion at its Council meeting. The dispute is significant because a national association is testing whether FIFA’s own institutions can credibly investigate FIFA’s leadership