Gianni Infantino re-election campaign and leadership challenges
The developments in this story so far, most recent first.
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Infantino gets backing from leading African football administrators
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CAF announced it would study the FIFA Forward Enterprise initiative.
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African countries supported Infantino's election based on development funding promises.
In 2016, African countries supported Gianni Infantino's election following his promises to more than double the development money provided to FIFA's member associations.
As part of these changes, the 'Goal Project' was renamed to 'FIFA Forward' alongside an increase in funding amounts.
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Sepp Blatter first proposed gifting grants to member associations.
During his 1998 election campaign against Lennart Johansson, Sepp Blatter first proposed the gifting of grants to member associations.