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Gianni Infantino to remain in charge of FIFA for four more years

Gianni Infantino to remain in charge of FIFA for four more years
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Gianni Infantino will remain as FIFA president for four more years after he was re-elected unopposed, taking the governing body through to the 2026 World Cup.

Gianni Infantino will remain as FIFA president for four more years.

The 52-year-old was elected unopposed after no other candidate stepped up to challenge him.

The Swiss national will now lead football's governing body until at least after the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

FIFA rules permit Infantino to run for the final time in 2026, meaning that he could potentially lead the organisation into the 2030 World Cup too.

The first three years of his presidency do not count against the 12-year limit imposed due to a corruption crisis in the organisation, because he completed an unfinished term by disgraced former president Sepp Blatter.

Two obstacles stand in the way of Infantino, an integrity and eligibility test carried out by a FIFA-appointed panel led by Indian Mukul Mudgal, and an investigation by special prosecutors in Switzerland into three undocumented meetings with then-attorney general Michael Lauber in 2016 and 2017.

The FIFA chief has denied any wrongdoing and it is unclear how the case is progressing or whether it has jurisdiction over him as a private citizen.

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