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Gianni Infantino REFUSES to resign as FIFA president: Under-fire chief apologises and vows to fight on as he breaks cover after being forced to abandon World Cup sale plans

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino (right) and FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafström (left) appeared in high spirits while watching a women's AFCON game on Wednesday night

Shameless Gianni Infantino has been given the ‘full support’ of FIFA’s top brass – and is set to remain as president – after summoning execs to crisis talks in Morocco.  At the end of another extraordinary day in the World Cup sell-off scandal, which saw Luis Figo become the latest high-profile name to call for … Read more

Gianni Infantino prepares to fight for his presidency in crunch Morocco summit just hours after Luis Figo called for under fire boss to quit – and even FIFA ‘legends’ are refusing to back him

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrived at an emergency meeting in Sale, Morocco on Wednesday

FIFA president Gianni Infantino arrived at a crunch meeting in Morocco amid mounting pressure, after football legend Luis Figo became the latest high-profile individual to call for him to resign. Infantino had summoned senior FIFA officials to the Moroccan city of Sale for crisis talks after plans to sell £3.1billion in World Cup stakes leaked last … Read more

Trump denies any knowledge of Gianni Infantino’s disastrous plot to sell the World Cup in final humiliation for FIFA president: ‘Who?’

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Donald Trump has denied any knowledge of Gianni Infantino's plan to sell off the World Cup

Gianni Infantino’s humiliating downfall is almost complete after his friend and ally Donald Trump denied all knowledge of the FIFA president’s disastrous plot to try and sell off the World Cup to private investors. Infantino had devised a $20 billion commercial subsidiary plan, backed by Joshua Kushner – whose brother Jared is the US Special … Read more