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FIFA President, Gianni Infantino re-elected until 2027

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President of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body on Thursday. Infantino, a Swiss lawyer, who succeeded Sepp Blatter in 2016, was waved in for a third term by acclamation, just as he was four years ago, by […]

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Holding World Cup every two years will help prevent African migrants from dying in the sea ―FIFA president says

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Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) president, Gianni Infantino has controversially opined that a biennial world cup will prevent illegal immigration by giving African migrants hope. According to the football chief, proposed changes to football’s calendar might make Africans less likely to migrate to Europe and risk death in the Mediterranean Sea. Speaking on Wednesday, […]

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FIFA president, Gianni Infantino re-elected for second term

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Gianni Infantino was re-elected Wednesday by acclamation for a second term as FIFA president at the Congress of world football’s governing body in Paris. The 49-year-old, who took charge of FIFA in February 2016 after the departure of the disgraced Sepp Blatter, stood unopposed for a new four-year term which will run until 2023. Earlier, […]

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