Fifa Official Leaves After Criticising President Infantino
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A man named Lamour has left Fifa. Fifa is the big group that controls world football.
Lamour had an important job at Fifa. He was a senior person there.
Three weeks ago, Lamour said bad things about a Fifa plan. The plan came from Fifa's president, Gianni Infantino.
Infantino is the top leader of Fifa. He makes big decisions for football around the world.
Lamour did not like something in Infantino's plan. He gave his opinion about it in public.
Now, three weeks later, Lamour is leaving his job at Fifa.
It is not clear why Lamour is leaving. Fifa has not given more details about it.
Many people think his leaving is connected to his criticism of the plan.
This news shows there can be problems inside big organisations like Fifa.
People will watch to see what happens next at Fifa.
Vocabulary15 words
- Fifa
- the big group that runs football around the world
- senior
- having a high and important job
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- president
- the top leader of a group
- opinion
- what a person thinks about something
- details
- small extra pieces of information
- connected
- linked to something else
- organisations
- big groups that work together, like companies
- criticising
- saying something is bad or wrong
- governing body
- a group that makes rules for something
- world football
- football played all over the world
- leader
- a person who is in charge
- public
- where many people can see or hear
- job
- the work a person does
- news
- new information about something that happened
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1. Lamour 2. He criticised a Fifa plan 3. True
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A man named Lamour has left _____. Fifa is the big group that controls world football.
Lamour had an important job at Fifa. He was a _____ person there.
Three weeks ago, Lamour said bad things about a Fifa _____. The plan came from Fifa's _____, Gianni Infantino.
Infantino is the top leader of Fifa. He makes big decisions for football around the world.
Lamour did not like something in Infantino's plan. He gave his _____ about it in public.
Now, three weeks later, Lamour is leaving his job at Fifa.
It is not clear why Lamour is leaving. Fifa has not given more _____ about it.
Many people think his leaving is _____ to his criticism of the plan.
This news shows there can be problems inside big _____ like Fifa.
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