Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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TOKYO (AP) — Gianni Infantino’s campaign for re-election as FIFA president is set to move this week to Japan and a meeting scheduled for Wednesday with the Asian Football Confederation.
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campaign → set → Confederation
This comes after Infantino apologized last week in Zurich, Switzerland, to FIFA’s 37-member ruling council — which he chairs — for “mistakes” he made in assembling a now-scrapped $4.2 billion sell-off plan for the World Cup.
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he → come → Cup
The council is the main decision-making body at FIFA with a global spread of officials.
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council → make → officials
The planned meeting with Asian soccer leaders is to be held in a five-star hotel in Tokyo with the media largely excluded.
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media → plan → Tokyo
Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the president of the AFC, expressed early opposition to Infantino and his plan to create a subsidiary to run the World Cup, but may have moved closer to Infantino, The Athletic has reported.
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Athletic → express → Infantino
Infantino is electioneering
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Infantino → electioneer → ?
An Associated Press tally indicates Infantino is close to landing the simple majority of the 211 FIFA member federations he needs to win re-election in March to a fourth term.
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he → indicate → term
Some of the deciding votes could some from Asia.
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Some → decide → Asia
The AFC had joined the criticism of Infantino in the wake of the proposed World Cup sell-off, but its members appear far from united.
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members → join → off
Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host, has expressed support for the FIFA leader while Jordan has declared its opposition.
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Jordan → express → opposition
The FIFA Council is scheduled to meet next on Dec. 16 in Doha, Qatar.
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Council → schedule → Doha
The Associated Press count shows 87 of the 211 FIFA Member federations have indicated support for Infantino – either in individual comments or by endorsing statements of support by their regional confederations.
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87 → show → confederations
The largest block of opposition comes from Europe.
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block → come → Europe
The FIFA voting system
No sitting FIFA president has lost an election since 1974.
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president → sit → 1974
The deadline for a candidate to file against Infantino is Nov. 18.
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candidate → file → Infantino
FIFA rules state candidates must have “played an active role in association football (e.g. as a player or an official within FIFA, a confederation or an association, etc.) for two of the last five years before being proposed.”
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candidates → state → years
They must have “declarations of support” from at least five of the 211 members.
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They → have → members
“FIFA is a massive patronage network,” Jules Boykoff, a political scientist at Pacific University and a former professional soccer player, told The Associated Press.
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Boykoff → tell → Press
“It brings in billions from the men’s World Cup and distributes it to football associations around the world in exchange for loyalty.”
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It → bring → loyalty
“The funds that FIFA distributes to soccer bodies around the world are meant to develop soccer, but there’s scant oversight,” Boykoff added.
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Boykoff → distribute → soccer
“To say FIFA is in need of structural overhaul it to make an enormous understatement.”
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it → say → understatement
The Aporia
