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Wednesday 06 February
The current FIFA president announced Wednesday that his current Swiss president, Gianni Infantino, would be the only candidate in the June presidential election in Paris.
Aged 48, he got a new term at the head of the football club, a post he has held since February 2016, following a major scandal that shook world football and overturned leaders. at the highest level, including his predecessor, Joseph Blatter. Former Swiss international and Tottenham defender Ramon Vega has expressed his desire to embark on the presidential race but has not been able to secure the support of five of the 211 national federations incorporated under the banner. of the International Federation to compete for his country.
One of the most important steps taken by Infantino since taking office has been to increase the number of teams participating in the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams from the scheduled 2026 session in the United States, in Canada and Mexico. It is also trying to promote the idea of adopting 48 teams at the Qatar 2022 session and the International Federation will make its decision next month at its Miami meetings in March. He also hopes to increase the number of clubs participating in the World Club Cup from 7 to 24 from 2021 and change the format of the competition as well as the launch of a world league of nations, as part of reforms. which will give the game additional revenue of $ 25 billion.
The project is contested by Slovenian President Alexander Chevenin, who will be re-elected Thursday for four more years at meetings scheduled for Thursday in Rome, without any other candidate being a candidate for his election.
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