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The Confederation of African Football’s Executive Committee (Exco) has unanimously confirmed its support for beleaguered FIFA president Gianni Infantino, at odds with its counterparts in Europe, North America and Asia.
On the day UEFA said it is committed to boycotting future World Cups at all levels while Infantino remains in office, CAF’s top decision-making body late on Thursday sided with the FIFA president as he seeks re-election in March next year.
CAF makes up 54 of FIFA’s 211 member associations and is a powerful voting bloc that has largely supported Infantino since he took office in 2016.
CAF president Patrice Motsepe welcomed FIFA’s pledge to review the processes that led to the controversy which caused the fiercest revolt of Infantino’s tenure as national federations complained they had been sidelined over the abandoned proposal to sell a slice of the World Cup’s commercial future.
“CAF welcomes and endorses the ‘Joint Update’ by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Secretary-General Mattias Grafstrom,” Motsepe said, but stressed the need for good governance and transparency in global football. — Reuters
