Published Aug 8, 2026, 3:00 AM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 1 source

Two weeks that rocked Fifa: how Gianni Infantino unravelled, day by day

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Two weeks that rocked Fifa: how Gianni Infantino unravelled, day by day

Gianni Infantino marks the end of the World Cup by taking to Instagram with a 15-page post calling out the media for trying to sully it. He says it was a month of “joy and happiness”, and “those sitting behind their pens and papers, behind their screens, spreading hate and false rumours” about greed and his relationship with Donald Trump had let themselves down – “while we at Fifa are on the frontlines, working hard”. He says journalists should step back and instead “take a moment to reflect, me