{
  "id": 321400,
  "title": "NFF debunks social media reports demanding FIFA Infantino’s resignation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/nff-debunks-social-media-reports-demanding-fifa-infantinos-resignation",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-08T19:04:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nff-debunks-social-media-reports-demanding-fifa-infantinos-resignation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has denied reports circulating on social media that it called for the resignation of FIFA President Gianni Infantino.\n\nInfantino has been facing criticism and controversy, including a much-criticised plan to open the World Cup to private investment, which was ultimately abandoned. According to the Buenos Aires Times and Free Malaysia Today, Infantino recently visited Colombia, where he received support from several leading South American football figures, including CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez and the president of the Colombian federation, Ramón Jesurún.\n\nInfantino has also faced allegations of wrongdoing, including a report by the Daily Telegraph that UEFA made a six-figure payment to a woman alleged to have had a relationship with him while he served as general secretary. Infantino has strongly denied these allegations, and a FIFA spokesperson has dismissed them as defamatory, as per Live Mint.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}