He made the announcement at the General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football in Abidjan on Thursday.
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President of world football-governing body, FIFA, Gianni Infantino has described the former Super Falcons’ Head Coach, Ismaila Mabo who died recently as “one of the best coaches of his generation.”
President Infantino has however not ruled out future commercial opportunities for the gulf nation in women’s football.
The election was held on Thursday during the 73rd Congress of FIFA in Kigali, Rwanda, as Infantino stood unopposed
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Infantino informed reporters at a press conference in Doha that the event will return to Morocco for the third time from February 1 to 11, 2023.
The tournament, now with seven teams, would be held every four years and boost revenues for the global sports body.
Shortly after an energetic opening ceremony that featured Hollywood great Morgan Freeman and South Korean pop star Jung Kook, FIFA president Gianni Infantino declared, “let the show begin.” However, Qatar made history as the first World Cup Host to lose an opening after Enner Valencia netted twice.
Infantino, 52, became head of world football’s governing body when he succeeded Sepp Blatter in 2016. The Swiss-Italian was then re-elected until 2023 in 2019.
About 180 people were also hurt after Arema FC’s loss to rivals Persebaya Surabaya in East Java on Saturday.
In power at the NFF since 2014, Pinnick, a strong ally of FIFA president Gianni Infantino, has hardly been a beacon of good governance having frequently been accused of corruption.
The charges triggered their downfall from the summit of global football.
“Because we are all united here and the members of FIFA are here, I wanted to tell you first,” the FIFA boss said.
The 52-year-old asked delegates to think of those who have lost their lives in the pandemic and in military conflicts across the whole world before observing a minute’s silence.
The prospects of those plans coming to fruition now appear over after Infantino told the FIFA Congress, with 211 member-associations in attendance, that the governing body never proposed the changes.
Officials of CAF and FIFA will also be participating in the friendly match.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its ruling in the 75-year-old’s favour on Saturday, declaring there was “insufficient evidence” to support FIFA’s allegations of commercial malpractice.
The leader of football’s world governing body spoke in support of his organisation’s calendar reforms, which include plans for biennial World Cups, at the Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Earlier this month, Fifa president Gianni Infantino said he believes he has the majority backing to increase the frequency of football’s showpiece tournament from four years to every two.
Football’s world governing body is proposing an overhaul of international football, including the World Cup being played every two years rather than four.