{"id":260384,"date":"2022-11-17T13:53:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T13:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/17\/fifa-president-infantino-to-stand-unopposed-for-third-term-football-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T13:53:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T13:53:28","slug":"fifa-president-infantino-to-stand-unopposed-for-third-term-football-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/17\/fifa-president-infantino-to-stand-unopposed-for-third-term-football-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA President Infantino to stand unopposed for third term | Football News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/doha\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/doha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" frmappuse=\"1\">DOHA<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/fifa\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_fifa\" frmappuse=\"1\">FIFA<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/gianni-infantino\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_gianni-infantino\" frmappuse=\"1\">Gianni Infantino<\/a> will stand unopposed for a third term as head of world football&#8217;s governing body next year, FIFA confirmed on Thursday. <br \/>A brief statement from FIFA said that <!-- -->Infantino<!-- --> would be the only candidate when the election takes place at the 73rd <!-- -->FIFA Congress<!-- --> in Kigali, Rwanda on March 16. <br \/>&#8220;No other candidature has been submitted,&#8221; the statement said. <br \/>Infantino&#8217;s third term follows in the line of previous FIFA presidents &#8212; Joao Havelange was in charge from 1974 to 1998 and Infantino&#8217;s predecessor Sepp Blatter held office from 1998 to 2015. <br \/>Infantino was elected in 2016 promising to &#8220;restore FIFA&#8217;s image&#8221; after the federation was plagued by scandal in the final years of Blatter&#8217;s time in charge. <br \/>The German Football Federation (DFB) said on Wednesday it would not support Infantino&#8217;s re-election. <br \/>DFB president Bernd Neuendorf said he had hoped Infantino would show &#8220;deeper consideration for human rights and more commitment to humanitarian issues&#8221;. <br \/>Neuendorf has been a strong supporter of calls from rights groups for FIFA to set up a compensation fund for migrant workers who build the World Cup stadiums. <br \/>Infantino can point to the growth in FIFA&#8217;s turnover during his time in charge &#8212; the governing body is forecasting turnover of $7 billion for the four-year cycle till 2022. <br \/>But many of his proposals for the reform of club football, including a plan to expand the Club World Cup to 24 teams, have received a lukewarm reception. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? 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