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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

FIFA apologises to members as Infantino holds crisis meeting amid stake sale fallout

FIFA said on Wednesday it had apologised to its member associations for mistakes made over its abandoned proposal to sell commercial rights linked to the World Cup, as the governing body's leadership reaffirmed its support for president Gianni Infantino ​after a crisis meeting in Morocco.

Following the meeting in Rabat, attended by Infantino, secretary general Mattias ​Grafstrom and members of FIFA's management board, FIFA said its leadership had reaffirmed its full support for the president while acknowledging that the handling of the withdrawn FIFA Forward Enterprise ​proposal should have been different.

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