Doha – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has tried to distance himself from a highly controversial project to hold the World Cup every two years, suggesting on Thursday the plan had never actually been proposed by soccer’s governing body.
“Let me be very clear that FIFA has not proposed a biennial World Cup,” Infantino said on the stage at the organization’s congress in Doha on the eve of the draw for this year’s tournament.
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