Gianni Infantino: FIFA VP Says "Be Very Careful" As Pressure Mounts | First Sports

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Gianni Infantino has been probed by his own ethics committee, accused by players of abusing his power, and forced to abandon a plan to sell off a piece of the World Cup itself. Any one of these would end most careers in sport — but Gianni Infantino isn't most people. As New Zealand and Ireland become the latest federations to withdraw support, FIFA vice president Patrice Motsepe has gone public with a warning of his own, telling anyone trying to push Infantino out early to slow down and let the ballot box decide. Rupha Ramani traces a decade of controversy and asks the question everyone in football is asking: how does this man keep surviving? Also on the show, Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans return has collapsed after his captaincy demand reportedly clashed with the franchise's backing of Shubman Gill. It comes as Mumbai Indians endure another disappointing IPL season under Pandya's leadership, finishing ninth with just four wins from fourteen games. Reports suggest Kolkata Knight Ride

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