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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Nick Ames and Matt Hughes

Uefa maintains World Cup boycott still stands despite Fifa’s backing for Infantino

The Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, with his Fifa counterpart, Gianni Infantino
The Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, with his Fifa counterpart, Gianni Infantino. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Uefa has doubled down on its threat to boycott Fifa-run competitions and reiterated its loss of confidence in Gianni Infantino’s presidency.

The latest damning intervention from European football’s governing body came as criticism of Infantino continued to rain in from several angles. The global players’ union, Fifpro, condemned “a profound abuse of presidential power” while the South American confederation, Conmebol, usually a strong Infantino ally, was moved to chastise “repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue”.

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