By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) FIFA needed a day like Friday. The FIFA Congress overwhelmingly passed sweeping reforms and it elected 45-year-old Swiss lawyer Gianni Infantino as its new president. Passage of the reforms doesn’t mean the culture of the organization will change overnight or that they will eliminate corruption, but they are a big step […]
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USA switched to Infantino in second round
U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati confirmed that his organization switched its vote from Prince Ali of Jordan to Gianni Infantino in the second round when Infantino pulledaway from Sheikh Salman of Bahrain to win the election for FIFA president. “We decided to support Prince Ali last night and made that public. I met with Gianni […]
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Infantino gets praise from Russia
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko, a member of the FIFA executive committee, praised Gianni Infantino’s election as FIFA president, saying it would help soccer’s world governing bodyovercome its problems. “I am happy,” Mutko was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying after Infantino won Friday’s vote in Zurich. We supported him from the start. I […]