'Football is joy,' embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino told children in Cali, Colombia Credit: Jaime SALDARRIAGA / AFP

FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday received support from several leading South American football figures as he visited Colombia amidst the crisis engulfing world soccer’s governing body.

Infantino arrived early on Friday in the Colombian city of Cali to attend hard-right president Abelardo de la Espriella’s inauguration.

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