{"id":2873,"date":"2026-08-03T03:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:33:12","slug":"there-can-be-no-letup-humiliated-infantino-must-stand-down-at-fifa-or-be-removed-nick-ames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=2873","title":{"rendered":"There can be no letup. Humiliated Infantino must stand down at Fifa or be removed | Nick Ames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uefa\u2019s call for a boycott and declaration of no-confidence must be the opening salvos in push to dethrone game\u2019s global leader<\/p>\n<p>There is no time to dance around the subject. Gianni Infantino must stand down as Fifa president or otherwise be legally removed. No fresh chances can be made available for an official who has demolished trust in football\u2019s integrity and governance, trashing all remaining credibility of the body that oversees the world\u2019s most-cherished sport.<\/p>\n<p>Infantino was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/aug\/01\/fifa-scraps-plan-to-sell-off-stakes-in-world-cup-after-widespread-backlash\">forced into a humiliating climbdown<\/a> on Saturday morning when he accepted the failure of his plan to sell off portions of the World Cup to private investment. He resolved to resume dialogue about football\u2019s growth \u201cin the spirit of shared interest in our game\u201d. But such a naked attempt to save his own skin cannot hold. Every day Infantino remains in power is a fresh stain on an institution whose reputation is on the floor.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/aug\/01\/humiliated-gianni-infantino-must-stand-down-fifa-or-be-removed-uefa-football-politics\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/aug\/01\/humiliated-gianni-infantino-must-stand-down-fifa-or-be-removed-uefa-football-politics' target='_blank'>Read the original article on www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uefa\u2019s call for a boycott and declaration of no-confidence must be the opening salvos in push to dethrone game\u2019s global leader There is no time to dance around the subject. Gianni Infantino must stand down as Fifa president or otherwise be legally removed. No fresh chances can be made available for an official who has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}