SportsInfantino gets Giuliani backing amid World Cup sell-off fallout

Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House task force for the recently completed World Cup, defended embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino and said the criticism was driven by politics, pettiness and jealousy. Infantino abandoned a plan in late July to sell about 20% of a new World Cup-related entity to private investors, but the controversy has weakened support for his re-election bid next year.

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