MANAMA: Gianni Infantino slammed “fake news” surrounding FIFA in an impassioned speech to the annual congress of world football’s governing body in Bahrain on Thursday.

Infantino — elected as president last year on the back of FIFA’s greatest scandal but who has been criticized for his committment to real reform — also claimed corruption could “never again” happen.

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