Soccer-New Zealand withdraw support for FIFA boss Infantino, call for review

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - 50th Ordinary UEFA Congress - Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium - February 12, 2026 FIFA president Gianni Infantino speaks during the event REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Aug 14 (Reuters) - ⁠New Zealand has ⁠withdrawn support for FIFA ‌President Gianni Infantino's re-election and called for a review ​following the scrapping ⁠of the governing ⁠body's plan to bring ⁠private equity ‌into the World Cup.

"New ⁠Zealand Football (NZF) today announced that ​it ‌has formally withdrawn its ⁠support for ​the candidature of Gianni Infantino as FIFA ⁠President at the ​2027 FIFA Congress," NZF said in a statement on ⁠Friday.

"In addition, NZF is also seeking an independent review of the ​steps undertaken ⁠to develop the FIFA ​Forward Enterprise ‌scheme," it said.

(Reporting ​by Ian Ransom; Editing by Tom Hogue)