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  "id": 6591035,
  "title": "France withdraws support for Infantino in FIFA presidential election",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/france-withdraws-support-for-infantino-in-fifa-presidential-election-6591035",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T13:19:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260910-france-withdraws-support-for-infantino-in-fifa-presidential-election"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "France will not support the candidacy of Gianni Infantino, who is running for a new term as FIFA president in March 2027, the French Football Federation announced on Thursday. The FFF is aligning itself with the position of other European federations such as Belgium, Italy, Scotland, Sweden and Wales, who have also publicly withdrawn support for Infantino. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "France withdraws support for FIFA president Infantino, Le Monde reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/france-withdraws-support-for-fifa-president-infantino-le-monde-reports",
        "published": "2026-09-10T09:55:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "🔴 French Football Federation pulls support from FIFA head Infantino's re-election bid, French media reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/french-football-federation-pulls-support-from-fifa-head-infantinos-re",
        "published": "2026-09-10T10:01:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "France will not support Infantino in FIFA election – Federation chief",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/france-will-not-support-infantino-in-fifa-election-federation-chief",
        "published": "2026-09-10T12:28:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "French soccer federation withdraws support for Infantino’s FIFA re-election bid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/french-soccer-federation-withdraws-support-for-infantinos-fifa-re",
        "published": "2026-09-10T12:32:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "France withdraws support for Infantino in FIFA presidential election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/france-withdraws-support-for-infantino-in-fifa-presidential-election",
        "published": "2026-09-10T13:28:29.000Z"
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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."
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