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Wales become first nation to drop support for Fifa president Gianni Infantino

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FAW says under-fire president has lost its confidence‘This is a failure we cannot accept’The Football Association of Wales has withdrawn its support for the Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid over his bungled effort to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.Infantino announced last week he was shelving the widely-denounced plan that was rejected by three confederations but his decade-long reign at the head of Fifa remains under intense scrutiny. Continue reading...

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