No formal proceedings against FIFA chief Infantino says ethics committee (Reuters)

By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA's ethics committee has said there are no formal proceedings against Gianni Infantino, the recently-elected president of soccer's global body, after a German newspaper reported that he was facing a provisional ban for unethical conduct. German newspaper Die Welt had said on Thursday that Infantino, elected in February to lead FIFA out of the worst graft crisis in his history, was facing investigation over possible ethics breaches. "We are not in a position to indicate if we have or have not preliminary investigatory proceedings against an individual," said the ethics committee's investigatory chamber in a statement to Reuters.