"In World Cup 2026, there will be nine or ten African countries (and regions) participating in the World Cup," said Infantino on Tuesday, noting that the increase is to be made in line with FIFA's expanded World Cup format.
Gianni Infantino was re-elected as the president of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) for the term of 2023-2027 at the 73rd FIFA Congress, held here on Thursday.
A criminal case has been initiated by a Swiss Special Federal Public Prosecutor over FIFA chief's dealings with Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber.
Infantino also praised the Bundesliga players for showing solidarity with Floyd.
Blatter was banned from FIFA-related activities for eight years initially before the sentence was reduced to six years by a FIFA appeals committee.
According to the Tribune de Geneve newspaper, Infantino was "worried" about the investigation and wrote to his friend, Rinaldo Arnold, who had become a senior prosecutor in Switzerland's Haut-Valais region.
FIFA declared that the 150 million was the first relief step to help the football communities across the globe impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, the FIFA chief Gianni Infantino had admitted last week that he or as a matter of fact “nobody knows” when football would return.
The ongoing crisis has put the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup, scheduled to happen in India between November 2 and November 21, 2021, into doubts.
The pandemic has not only seen sporting events called off, even players have been asked to take pay cuts and big clubs like Barcelona have done that.
