Edition No. 117 · Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Story 42 of 52

The 3 weeks that brought Gianni Infantino and FIFA to the brink

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FIFA Council members left their meeting without answers on Infantino's scrapped plan to sell tournament stakes.

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