Argentina and Mexico join Africa in backing FIFA’s Infantino: What to know

World football’s growing divide has deepened with the declarations of support for FIFA’s defiant Gianni Infantino by Argentina and Mexico, coming only a day after Africa unanimously voted to back the president of football’s global governing body.Infantino continues to face fierce backlash over a now-abandoned proposal to sell off a number of commercial rights to the World Cup and other FIFA events.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Vinicius Jr extends Real Madrid deal to 2032, ending transfer speculationlist 2 of 4Real Madrid sign Ivory Coast’s Yan Diomande from RB Leipziglist 3 of 4FIFA pays up on overdue prize money after Jordan ‘blackmail’ remarklist 4 of 4UEFA vice president seeks ‘custodian of ⁠sport’ after FIFA-Infantino furoreend of listFollowing a meeting in Rabat this week, FIFA said it had apologised to its members for mistakes around the proposal. It also pledged to review the processes that led to the controversy, but backed its president.Infantino’s biggest opponent remains UEFA, the sport’s governing body in Europe, which confirmed on Thursday that it stands by its vote to boycott FIFA. One of its members, Norway, has now called for the Swiss Italian’s resi...