'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.

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