FOOTBALL

Fifa was plunged into fresh turmoil on Saturday night after new president Gianni Infantino was accused of killing its reform process and of deliberately forcing out the man who helped save the corruption-plagued body from extinction.

In a quiet corner of West Ham United’s Chadwell Heath training ground, long after the players have left for the day, Rory Campbell is staring intently at a computer screen. The residential surroundings have changed only superficially in the 50 years since this was a second home to Bobby Moore and Sir Geoff Hurst but the complexity of the off-field preparation is transformed.

Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura of Senegal has been appointed as the first-ever female secretary general of FIFA, President Gianni Infantino announced at the body’s Congress here today.

The list of candidates in the running for the Presidency of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has been whittled down to two after Gordon Derrick was axed from the race for failing an integrity check.

I was pleased to read the report on FIFA and Human Rights from Professor John G Ruggie of Harvard University.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) did not follow the ideal procedure in hiring Brian Williams as the National Under-20 Team coach, according to TTFA technical committee chairman, Dexter Skeene.