A top official leaves FIFA, deepening the fallout from Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Right · Published: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:34:23 GMT

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA's chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, has reportedly left his role at soccer's governing body just weeks after saying its president, Gianni Infantino, had deceived staff with his World Cup sell-off plan. Lamour, who is based in Zurich, all but invited Infantino to fire him in a statement to The Associated Press...

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