cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/69373646

https://archive.is/20260809004914/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7501298/2026/08/08/fifa-infantino-president-future-world-cup/

And on Saturday evening, a FIFA statement read: “It is increasingly evident that there is a concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine FIFA and its President. “Those who do not have the support of FIFA’s Member Associations should not seek to achieve through allegation, insinuation or misinformation what they cannot achieve through FIFA’s established democratic processes.” The statement added that the organisation will “not support, facilitate or tolerate any process concerning the election of the FIFA president that is inconsistent” with its “statutes, democratic procedures and established governance framework”. “The FIFA president has dedicated more than 30 years of his professional life to European and world football, contributing to significant change in the game and, in particular, to broadening access, resources and opportunity across world football,” the statement adds. “Change inevitably challenges established interests, but disagreement with that change cannot justify efforts to undermine the democratic mandate of FIFA’s president or the institution he was elected to lead