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The Guardian - UK
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More than 200 Fifa members endorse Infantino for fourth term despite Balogun scandal

Novak Djokovic and Gianni Infantino at a film premiere.
Novak Djokovic (left) and Gianni Infantino attend the premiere of Novak Djokovic: The Wolf In Winter in New York City. Photograph: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

Gianni Infantino has the formal endorsement of more than 200 Fifa members for re-election as the body’s president despite the climate of unrest that has swirled since the scandal surrounding Folarin Balogun’s reprieve from suspension.

The Guardian understands only a handful of Fifa’s 211 member associations are still to send letters of support for Infantino, who is on course to be voted into a fourth term by a landslide at its congress in March. A small number of European associations are among the outliers, with Germany the highest-profile FA yet to provide official backing.

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