next Image 1 of 2prev Image 2 of 2Ahead of his re-election as FIFA president, Gianni Infantino said Wednesday he has banished scandals and corruption from the soccer body despite losing members of his council for misconduct. In the Infantino era, four continental soccer organizations each lost elected FIFA Council members amid allegations of corruption or financial misjudgments. Infantino was also investigated, and soon cleared, in 2016 by the FIFA ethics committee for his use of private jets. Another independent official left abruptly weeks after finding that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko was too conflicted to retain his FIFA Council seat while also implicated in a state-sponsored doping scandal. "We have transformed it into a new FIFA — an organization which is synonymous with credibility, trust, integrity, equality, human rights."

Source: Fox News June 05, 2019 09:00 UTC