Calls for FIFA President Infantino's Resignation Amidst Controversies
FIFA President Gianni Infantino faces growing calls for his resignation from the Norwegian Football Federation president and others, amidst reports of UEFA paying off a woman with whom he had an affair and controversies surrounding a potential undervalued sale of World Cup rights.
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Infantino’s World Cup sell-off debacle has rocked football but Fifa’s crisis has deep and rotten roots
It has been a remarkable few days for an institution that may be irredeemable but this is a story that stretches back to a decision in 2010 There are decades in which nothing happens, and weeks in which decades happen, and those weeks tend to result in leaders being toppled. Not even a fortnight ago, Gianni Infantino was taking his victory lap on Instagram, attacking “those behind their pens and papers, behind their screens spreading hate and false rumours” who had dared to question elements ...
By Jonathan Wilson
Read full article →UEFA reportedly paid off woman who had affair with FIFA president Gianni Infantino
The affair, which reportedly occurred while Infantino was secretary general of the federation, led UEFA to reportedly pay the woman a 6-figure sum and fees for her to attend business school.
By Kari Anderson
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