Sports · 2 August 2026
Pressure grows on Fifa's Infantino after U-turn
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino is under growing pressure for a governance review after abandoning plans to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights to private investors. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Infantino was the wrong person to lead world football's governing body. Infantino said the abandoned scheme had caused division among member associations and that he now wants to bring stakeholders back together.
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