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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, speaks during the FIFA Congress, in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, May 11 2017. Addressing his second congress of soccer nations as FIFA president, Infantino lambasted "fake news" following criticism of his leadership. Infantino didn't cite any reports but it comes in the week ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and FIFA prosecutor Cornel Borbely denounced the decision to remove them from their posts. (AP Photo)
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, speaks during the FIFA Congress, in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, May 11 2017. Addressing his second congress of soccer nations as FIFA president, Infantino lambasted "fake news" following criticism of his leadership. Infantino didn't cite any reports but it comes in the week ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and FIFA prosecutor Cornel Borbely denounced the decision to remove them from their posts. (AP Photo)
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, speaks during the FIFA Congress, in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, May 11 2017. Addressing his second congress of soccer nations as FIFA president, Infantino lambasted "fake news" following criticism of his leadership. Infantino didn't cite any reports but it comes in the week ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and FIFA prosecutor Cornel Borbely denounced the decision to remove them from their posts. (AP Photo)
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FILE - In this Saturday, April 29, 2017 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino gives a press conference at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of prosecutions of suspected wrongdoing by soccer officials will be affected by President Gianni Infantino firing FIFA's top judge and prosecutor. The ousted investigator, Cornel Borbely, said Wednesday, May 10, 2017, that the workload — heavier than even most FIFA critics imagined — of the ethics committee will be impeded by the firing that Infantino sprung on his ruling council a day earlier. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, file)
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FILE - In this Saturday, April 29, 2017 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino gives a press conference at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. An accelerated process to hand North America the 2026 World Cup is set to be approved by soccer leaders this week, with FIFA President Gianni Infantino hoping for a "bulletproof" process to avoid past voting scandals. The United States, Canada, and Mexico are seeking an unchallenged path to co-hosting rights for the 2026 showpiece, if FIFA's technical requirements are met by next year "It's an interesting, original proposal and we will discuss it tomorrow at the council and present the recommendation to the congress," Infantino told The Associated Press on Monday, May 8, 2017 .(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, file)
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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2016 file photo FIFA President Gianni Infantino stand between TV cameras as he attends a press conference after the FIFA Council meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA will expand the World Cup to 48 teams, adding 16 extra nations to the 2026 tournament which is likely to be held in North America. President Gianni Infantino's favored plan — for 16 three-team groups with the top two advancing to a round of 32 — was unanimously approved Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 by the FIFA Council. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)
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FILE- In this Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 file photo, newly elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino of Switzerland reacts during the extraordinary FIFA congress in Zurich, Germany. FIFA is about to make the World Cup a bigger and, it hopes, richer event even at the cost of lower quality soccer. FIFA President Gianni Infantino hopes his ruling Council will agree Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 to expand the 2026 World Cup to 48 nations, playing in 16 groups of three teams. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, second left, awards the silver trophy to Japanese captain Fuka Nagano after the final game against North Korea at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup at Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Infantino says the U-17 Women's World Cup hosted by Jordan shows that "women's football is not only confined to some parts of the world." Infantino spoke late Friday, after attending the final match in which North Korea defeated Japan 5:4 in a penalty shootout. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
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Former Portuguese national soccer player Luis Figo, right, shows a ticket with Germany's soccer team FC Bayern Munich next to UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino, left, during the draw of the quarterfinals of UEFA Champions League 2013/14 at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone,Laurent Gillieron)
