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Football Journalist. Featured @BBCSport, @blzzrd, @JosimarFotball, @WorldSoccerMag, @Forbes. Author 'Brazil 1970'. Then: @columbiajourn. Views my own.
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End of infantino or World cup?

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By Samindra Kunti
| The Times of India Verified
At long last, Fifa president Gianni Infantino has gone too far. He sought to flog off the World Cup to the Kushner family and private equity. After Uefa proffered a boycott of all upcoming Fifa tournaments, the outcome is simple: the sport’s overlord, a football Jesus in white sneakers, who considered himself a head of state, is facing the beginning of the end. Infantino’s downfall might be steep. On Friday, Carlos Cordeiro, one of his senior advisers and a former banker at Goldman Sachs, resigned.
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Why the World Cup has lost its soul

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By Samindra Kunti
| Tribune (India) Verified
The 2026 World Cup got the final it deserved: 120 minutes of awful football — a war of attrition, pockmarked by Argentina’s antagonism — and a fitting conclusion to a joyless and forgettable tournament that, above all else, spotlighted the blatant ineptness of the world governing body, FIFA, and the main host, the United States. In the course of 39 days, the soul of the World Cup withered away.
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The trouble in Fifaland

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By Samindra Kunti
| The Times of India Verified
In the days following the Belgium-US match, I cornered Fifa president Gianni Infantino at the Waldorf Astoria, a luxury hotel in Manhattan, with a simple question: “Following the Folarin Balogun case, will you resign?” I pressed him, but he batted the question aside, flashed a thumbs-up, and retreated down a corridor. Before he could escape, his security team interjected with a familiar refrain: “It’s not the right time.” When is it ever in Fifaland?
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