{"id":366931,"date":"2026-08-03T19:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-infantino-survive-as-fifa-president-global-news-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T19:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:00:20","slug":"can-infantino-survive-as-fifa-president-global-news-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-infantino-survive-as-fifa-president-global-news-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Infantino survive as Fifa president? | Global News Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/aP_Ekm38ulA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Can Infantino survive as Fifa president? | Global News Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aP_Ekm38ulA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, is under increasing pressure over his now-cancelled plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and other tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>The European football confederation UEFA has said it has no confidence in him, and is threatening legal action. The football associations of Wales, Finland, Sweden and Serbia have withdrawn their support for his re-election as president, and England&#8217;s football association is set to follow suit. <\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s sports reporter Joe Lynskey tells us how Mr Infantino has won favour with football authorities over his decade running Fifa &#8211; and what it will take for him to hang on now. <\/p>\n<p>We also hear about Infantino&#8217;s close relationship with US President Donald Trump, whose extended family was linked to Fifa&#8217;s partial privatisation plans. The main investor was due to be Joshua Kushner, whose brother Jared Kushner is President Trump&#8217;s son-in-law. <\/p>\n<p>New episodes of the Global News Podcast are published twice a day. You can listen here: https:\/\/link.mgln.ai\/GNP-YT<\/p>\n<p>And you can find more of our YouTube episodes here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/GlobalNewsPodcast<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#bbcnews <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n00:21 The backlash against Infantino<br \/>\n02:22 Infantino&#8217;s past controversies<br \/>\n06:03 How has Infantino remained popular until now?<br \/>\n07:15 Can Infantino survive the backlash?<br \/>\n09:20 How damaging has this been for Fifa?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, is under increasing pressure over his now-cancelled plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and other tournaments. The European football confederation UEFA has said it has no confidence in him, and is threatening legal action. 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