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FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Feb 22, 2014, Gianni Infantino gestures during a press conference at the Acropolis Convention Centre in Nice, southeastern France. FIFA President Gianni Infantino wants to team up with American, Chinese and Saudi Arabian interests to launch an expanded 24-team Club World Cup, played every four years starting in 2021, and a two-yearly global competition for national teams. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, FILE)

FIFA looks for $25 billion, 12-year deal for new tournaments

By GRAHAM DUNBAR and ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA’s ‘white elephants’ warning after Morocco bid criticism

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA president Gianni Infantino leaves at the end of European Club Association's (ECA) 20th General Assembly, in the organization's 10-year anniversary in Rome, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

European clubs push back at FIFA expansion plans

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FIFA told by Iran eventually women will be allowed at games

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, right, during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin meets FIFA president Infantino to discuss World Cup

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FILE - This is a Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 file photo of the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. As the first FIFA trial concludes in New York, and a former vice president is sent to jail, the governing body is still far from showing the corrupt culture that infected soccer has been eradicated, it was reported Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017. (Walter Bieri/Keystone File via AP)

Column: Infantino must prove FIFA commitment to cleaning up

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA to give 2018 World Cup champion $38M from $400M fund

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FIFA hopes for big increase in TV viewers at Women’s WCup

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Infantino faces ethics complaint over FIFA leadership

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, and Russian Deputy-Prime minister and head of the World Cup 2018 organizing committee Vitaly Mutko, attend a news conference at the St. Petersburg Stadium, Russia, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Chile and Germany will play the Confederations Cup final soccer match scheduled for Sunday, July 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russia praised for football hosting as doping casts shadow

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Surrounded by officials FIFA President Gianni Infantino seen during his visit to Media centre prior the Group A soccer match between Portugal and Mexico, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Infantino: Not time to think about future of Confed Cup

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FIFA removes Qatari match officials due to diplomatic crisis

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

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 &quot;fake news&quot; 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)

2 more members leave FIFA governance panel

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

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 &quot;fake news&quot; 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)

Infantino channels Blatter rather than marking clean break

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

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)

Infantino blames ‘fake news’ for FIFA woes, offers no cases

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

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 &quot;bulletproof&quot; 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 &quot;It's an interesting, original proposal and we will discuss it tomorrow at the council and present the recommendation to the congress,&quot; Infantino told The Associated Press on Monday, May 8, 2017 .(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, file)

FIFA struggles to regain trust as judge decries new leaders

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, shakes hand with Alejandro Dominguez, right, Conmebol President during the 67 ordinary and extraordinary South American Football Confederation, CONMEBOL, congress in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

FIFA confirms video replays for 2018 World Cup in Russia

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FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. After spending months rehashing the brutal GOP primary and bragging about his victory, Trump has quietly launched a charm offensive, reaching out to former rivals whose help he now needs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

FIFA reminds US about World Cup obligations amid travel ban

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2014, file photo Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger holds up the World Cup trophy as the team celebrates their 1-0 victor over Argentina after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 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/Natacha Pisarenko, file)

FIFA to expand World Cup to 48 teams in 2026

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2014, file photo Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger holds up the World Cup trophy as the team celebrates their 1-0 victor over Argentina after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 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/Natacha Pisarenko, file)

FIFA set to approve bigger, richer World Cup on Tuesday

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press