Infantino remains Fifa president after executive meeting

What the report says

Gianni Infantino will remain Fifa president after senior executives backed him at a meeting in Rabat, Morocco, according to BBC Sport. The gathering came after heavy criticism of Infantino’s aborted plan to seek private investment in Fifa competitions through a proposed new subsidiary, Fifa Forward Enterprise, which had prompted concern inside and outside the organisation.

Fifa said the board acknowledged that mistakes were made in how the proposal was handled, including a process that left some council members and member associations feeling excluded. It also said errors were made after the plan was leaked to the media, and that it has apologised and will review what happened. Despite that, Fifa’s management board and secretary general Mattias Grofstrom said they fully supported Infantino as president.

The BBC report said the controversy has drawn criticism from Uefa, which said it had lost confidence in Infantino, as well as from figures including Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and former player Luis Figo. Infantino, first elected in 2016, is expected to seek a fourth term, with the next presidential election due at the Fifa Congress in Morocco in March 2027. The episode matters because it raises fresh questions about Fifa governance, transparency and the balance of power within world football’s governing body.