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2 days to go! Infantino unopposed to get 4 more years as FIFA president

FIFA President Giovanni Infantino gestures as he speaks during the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 draw in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday. 22, 2022. (Alan Lee/Photosport via AP)


FIFA president Gianni Infantino is getting four more years in charge of soccer's governing body after no candidate stepped up to challenge him.

FIFA said Thursday the 52-year-old Swiss lawyer was the only person to enter the race by the time the deadline passed overnight - exactly four months before election day on March 16 in Kigali, Rwanda.

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