governing

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Until that point, Infantino’s most public role in soccer had been hosting tournament draws for UEFA, the governing body of European soccer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

World football's governing body Fifa, and its European counterpart Uefa, allow players with ICDs to participate in their competitions, as does Germany's Bundesliga, where Eriksen spent the past season playing for Wolfsburg.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Analysts expect the central bank's governing council to deliver a quarter percentage point increase to the key deposit rate, taking it from 2.00 to 2.25 percent, when it meets Thursday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

They go off during summer festas, after Mass on big saint days, and, it turns out, when the governing party wins reelection.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

She was helping Mark Antony develop a strategy for governing the east.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby