Fifa President Proposes External Review of Governance
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Gianni Infantino is the president of Fifa. Fifa is the world's football governing body. It makes the rules for football around the world.
Infantino has made a new plan. He wants an external review of Fifa. This means people from outside Fifa will look at how it works.
The review will look at Fifa's governance. Governance means how an organisation is managed and controlled.
Infantino wants to know if Fifa's rules and systems are good. He wants outside experts to check this.
This is important news for football fans. Fifa controls big events like the World Cup. Many people want Fifa to be open and fair.
Vocabulary15 words
- president
- the top leader of a group or organisation
- governing body
- a group that makes rules for something
- external review
- a check done by people from outside
- governance
- the way an organisation is run
- propose
- to suggest an idea
- organisation
- a group of people working together
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
- system
- a way of doing things
- control
- to have power over something
- fair
- treating people the right way
- open
- honest and clear
- plan
- an idea for doing something
- manage
- to be in charge of something
- rules
- things people must follow
- outside
- not part of a group
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1. Gianni Infantino 2. Fifa's governance 3. True
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Gianni Infantino is the _____ of Fifa. Fifa is the world's football _____ . It makes the rules for football around the world.
Infantino has made a new plan. He wants an _____ of Fifa. This means people from outside Fifa will look at how it works.
The review will look at Fifa's _____ . Governance means how an organisation is managed and controlled.
Infantino wants to know if Fifa's rules and systems are good. He wants outside _____ to check this.
This is important news for football fans. Fifa controls big events like the World Cup. Many people want Fifa to be _____ and fair.
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