Embattled FIFA head Infantino holds emergency talks amid calls to step down
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino held emergency talks with other directors of world football's governing body on Wednesday amid continuing criticism over his since-abandoned proposal to open the World Cup to private investment.
Gianni Infantino will hold a crisis meeting with top FIFA officials in Morocco on Wednesday as he looks to shore up his position in the wake of the collapse of his gambit to sell off commercial rights to the World Cup.
The FIFA president has been the subject of a torrent of criticism, and no small amount of personal abuse, since he floated the idea of the new commercial rights body to FIFA’s 211 member associations last week.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino held emergency talks with other directors of world football's governing body on Wednesday amid continuing criticism over his since-abandoned proposal to open the World Cup to private investment.
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Gianni Infantino will hold a crisis meeting with top FIFA officials in Morocco on Wednesday as he looks to shore up his position in the wake of the collapse of his gambit to sell off commercial rights to the World Cup.
The FIFA president has been the subject of a torrent of criticism, and no small amount of personal abuse, since he floated the idea of the new commercial rights body to FIFA’s 211 member associations last week.