Canada PM Carney says he does not have confidence in Fifa's Infantino


Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Group B - Canada v Qatar - BC Place, Vancouver, Canada - June 18, 2026 Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the stands IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Anne-Marie Sorvin

TORONTO, Aug ⁠5 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister ⁠Mark Carney said on Wednesday ‌that he did not have confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino ​over the handling of ⁠his proposal ⁠to sell off commercial rights to ⁠the ‌soccer World Cup.

"The idea that proper governance ⁠is not to disclose to ​your ‌closest advisers, your chief operating ⁠officer, ​your fellow board members something of consequence ... that's fatal, should ⁠be fatal, and you ​lose confidence in that individual," Carney told reporters in Toronto.

"Certainly ⁠I don't have confidence in Mr. Infantino after this point, given what transpired, and ​given the nature ⁠of what transpired," he added.

(Reporting ​by Wa ‌Lone in Toronto and ​Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Editing by Mark Porter)

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