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Gianni Infantino News
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The Swiss lawyer was first elected in 2016 with FIFA in crisis after a sweeping United States federal investigation of corruption removed a swath of soccer officials in the Americas.
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Pelé’s coffin, draped in the flags of Brazil and the Santos FC football club, was placed on the midfield area of Vila Belmiro, the stadium outside Sao Paulo that was his home for most of his career.
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The United States, which staged the tournament in 1994, will host games in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and New York/New Jersey.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino help a virtual meeting with the tournament's organising body and political representatives across Europe to discuss concerns over human rights in Qatar.
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FIFA World Cup can be held every two years instead of four as the FIFA president Gianni Infantino said that he will continue to consult his opinion of making it happen in every two years.
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The next edition of the FIFA World Cup will be played next year in Qatar while the women's tournament will go ahead in 2023 in Australia/New Zealand.
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Blatter, who was FIFA president for 17 years, himself was suspended and later banned by FIFA`s ethics committee after he became the subject of criminal proceedings in Switzerland in 2015.
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The European continental club competitions Champions League and Europa League have both been on indefinite suspensions due to the pandemic.
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Earlier, six I-League clubs had written to FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino asking him to intervene and save Indian football.
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The FIFA Council unanimously agreed to a proposal to expand the number of teams taking part in World Cup from 24 to 32.
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Infantino claimed last week that the unprecedented move to step in and administer African football would "significantly improve" the sport in the continent.
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Infantino also brushed aside suggestions that there was widespread opposition to the move which followed corruption allegations against CAF president Ahmad Ahmad.
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Infantino, who is in Brazil for a meeting of the South American Football Confederation, told delegates he was working to ensure the increase for the Qatar tournament, which would mean a guaranteed two extra places for South American sides.
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Infantino`s desire to expand the tournament from seven teams to 24 when it is relaunched in 2021 has been opposed by the European Club Association (ECA), which has issued a boycott threat.
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Former Barcelona great Xavi, who won the World Cup with Spain in 2010, said 48 teams would not be the right option for 2022 tournament in Qatar.
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Infantino, speaking at a news conference, said FIFA had made the decision at its council meeting on Friday.
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This will be the second FIFA tournament India will be hosting, after the U-17 Men's World Cup in 2017.
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The World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams in 2026, but FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed bringing forward the enlarged format to 2022.
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FIFA, in a statement, said that it would hold a 51 percent share of the venture while the Qatar organising committee would hold 49 percent.
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Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt launched a diplomatic and trade boycott of Qatar in June 2017 that has complicated the prospect of sharing the tournament.
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