FIFA President Gianni Infantino Defies Request to Skip Caribbean Event
· Sports · Al Jazeera, NDTV Sports
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attended a youth football tournament in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, despite a formal request from CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani to stay away. Montagliani had urged Infantino to avoid the Caribbean Football Union event to prevent the media from focusing on FIFA's recent governance crisis. The controversy stems from Infantino's failed proposal to sell future World Cup commercial rights to private investors, including a group led by Joshua Kushner. Montagliani, along with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, has been actively seeking to curb Infantino's executive power. FIFA did not provide a comment on the request, though it noted its financial support for regional football bodies.
Why it matters
The public defiance highlights a deepening rift between Infantino and key regional football leaders, potentially destabilizing FIFA's internal governance as pressure grows to block his re-election bid.
Read the original report — Al Jazeera
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