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  "id": 191546,
  "title": "Infantino remains Fifa president after executive meeting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/infantino-remains-fifa-president-after-executive-meeting",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-05T21:37:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Sport Football",
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    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clyq3el5gkqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Gianni Infantino has been reappointed as Fifa president following an executive meeting in Morocco, despite mounting criticism of his efforts to sell off commercial and event operations. The European football governing body, Uefa, expressed its loss of confidence in Infantino, describing the proposed Fifa Forward Enterprise deal as \"shabby, back room, opaque.\" Secretary General Mattias Grofstrom also criticized the situation in an internal memo, stating that it was a \"sad and reproachable series of events.\" However, at the meeting, Grofstrom and the management board reaffirmed their full support for Infantino as president.",
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Infantino remains Fifa president after executive meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/infantino-remains-fifa-president-after-executive-meeting-191566",
        "published": "2026-08-05T21:37:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Infantino should quit as FIFA president, says Canadian prime minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/infantino-should-quit-as-fifa-president-says-canadian-prime-minister",
        "published": "2026-08-05T21:38:52.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "FIFA says leadership fully supports President Infantino",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/fifa-says-leadership-fully-supports-president-infantino",
        "published": "2026-08-05T21:42:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "FIFA president Infantino to stay on after crisis meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/fifa-president-infantino-to-stay-on-after-crisis-meeting",
        "published": "2026-08-06T01:10:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Carney curses Infantino as FIFA backs its president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/carney-curses-infantino-as-fifa-backs-its-president",
        "published": "2026-08-06T05:05:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "FIFA apologizes to members and affirms support for president Gianni Infantino",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/fifa-apologizes-to-members-and-affirms-support-for-president-gianni",
        "published": "2026-08-06T06:44:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/gianni-infantino-gets-internal-support-at-crisis-meeting-to-remain-as",
        "published": "2026-08-06T08:52:16.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}