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FIFA boss Infantino very much at home in Africa

FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Rwandan president Paul Kagame and Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe at the CAF President's Awards Ceremony in Kigali on 14 March 2023.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Rwandan president Paul Kagame and Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe at the CAF President's Awards Ceremony in Kigali on 14 March 2023. © Jean Bizimana/Reuters
The Swiss-Italian lawyer will today be shooed into a third four-year presidential term at the annual congress of world football's governing body in Kigali. [...]
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