{"id":2562999,"date":"2026-02-03T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-rips-fifa-president-as-moral-degenerate-9\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:01:41","slug":"ukraine-rips-fifa-president-as-moral-degenerate-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-rips-fifa-president-as-moral-degenerate-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine rips FIFA president as &#8216;moral degenerate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-rips-fifa-president-as-moral-degenerate-9%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2562999&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8211; ukraine accused FIFA President Gianni Infantino of being a &#8220;moral degenerate&#8221; after he floated the idea of lifting Russia\u2019s ban from international competition,including the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Infantino said FIFA would explore allowing Russia to compete again, arguing that the ban had not achieved its aims and had rather bred frustration and hatred.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The ban on Russia was imposed in February 2022 in solidarity with Ukraine following Russia&#8217;s invasion; Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha condemned Infantino\u2019s remarks, posting that 679 Ukrainian children have died as of Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sybiha likened the situation to the 1936 Olympics and urged that football remain a unifying force for peace, while FIFA and UEFA emphasized solidarity with Ukraine and unity in sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Infantino also advocated perhaps changing FIFA\u2019s rules to prevent bans on countries based on their leaders\u2019 actions,arguing that ties should remain open.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ukraine rips FIFA president as &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-rips-fifa-president-as-moral-degenerate-2\/\" title=\"... as &#039;...&#039;\">moral degenerate&#038;rsquo<\/a>; after floating end to Russia ban<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2488373\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a> branded <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fifa\/\">FIFA<\/a> President Gianni Infantino as a &ldquo;moral degenerate&rdquo; after he floated the possibility of lifting the ban on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a> in the sports competition.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em>Sky News,<\/em> Infantino said FIFA would explore lifting its ban on Russia competing in the World Cup, which it imposed in February 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha reacted to the recent comments with fury, denouncing the FIFA head as a &ldquo;moral degenerate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4443480\/european-army-dangerous-eu-nato\/\">European army would be &#8216;extremely dangerous,&#8217; EU official warns amid NATO rift<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4442790\/grammy-anti-china-political-tool-dalai-lama-award\/\">Grammys blasted as &#8216;anti-China political tool&#8217; after Dalai Lama wins audiobook award<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4443012\/india-agrees-stop-buying-russian-oil-trade-deal-us\/\">India agrees to stop buying Russian oil as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >trade deal reached<\/a> with US<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football &mdash; Russia killed them. And it keeps killing more while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-rips-fifa-president-as-moral-degenerate\/\" title=\"... as &#039;...&#039;\">moral degenerates suggest lifting bans<\/a>, despite Russia&rsquo;s failure to end its war,&rdquo; he said in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andrii_sybiha\/status\/2018385051398832517\">a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Future generations will view this as a shame reminiscent of the 1936 Olympics,&rdquo; Sybiha added, referring to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/olympics\/\">Olympic Games<\/a> hosted in Germany, which served as a propaganda opportunity for the ruling Nazi Party.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to ban Russia from FIFA was made right after Russia&rsquo;s invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, in solidarity with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Football is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine. Both Presidents (of FIFA and UEFA) hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace amongst people,&rdquo; a statement from the organization said.<\/p>\n<p>The latter sentiment, of serving as a vector for unity and peace, is Infantino&rsquo;s argument to justify possibly bringing Russia back into the league, arguing that the ban hadn&rsquo;t accomplished &ldquo;anything, it has just created more frustration and hatred.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with this theme, Infantino argued that FIFA should look into changing its rules to &ldquo;enshrine in our statutes that we should actually never ban any country from playing football because of the acts of their political leaders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4437818\/control-donetsk-remaining-item-ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations-rubio\/\">CONTROL OF DONETSK IS &lsquo;ONE REMAINING ITEM&rsquo; IN UKRAINE-RUSSIA PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, RUBIO SAYS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Somebody needs to keep the ties open,&rdquo; he argued.<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, he pushed back against a proposed ban on Israel and a proposed boycott of the United States due to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s immigration policies. He also stood by his decision to grant Trump a peace prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine calls Infantino &#8216;moral degenerate&#8217; Russia ban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2563000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26025582061174.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[50410,9721,72687,9484,6991],"class_list":["post-2562999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-controversy-2","tag-fifa","tag-football-politics","tag-morality","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26025582061174.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2562999"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563003,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562999\/revisions\/2563003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2563000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}