Nigeria, Oct. 17 -- Acknowledging U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion that he might move World Cup games from one American city to another, FIFA has moderated its position that governments' decisions on safety and security could actually affect venue changes.



This represents a change from FIFA's previous position, in which the worldwide football body had declared Trump had no authority to change World Cup game venues.

Following Trump's fresh comments threatening to remove matches from Boston over safety concerns, FIFA seemed to match more closely with the White House.



FIFA stated in a statement issued just after Trump's words that safety and security remain its main priorities for every world event and added that ultimately, ...