FIFA’s bid to move past the biggest internal crisis of President Gianni Infantino’s reign is unlikely to end scrutiny of how world football is governed as questions linger over whether promised reforms will lead to meaningful change before the March presidential election.After FIFA’s leadership gathered in Rabat to publicly reaffirm support for Infantino, the governing body apologised on Wednesday to its 211 members for mistakes surrounding the abandoned proposal to sell a slice of the World Cup’s commercial future.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4FIFA pledges to defend Infantino after World Cup rights plan collapseslist 2 of 4UEFA’s threatened legal action against Infantino and FIFA: What we knowlist 3 of 4Ex-Arsenal boss Wenger was ‘not aware’ of Infantino’s FIFA planlist 4 of 4UEFA confirms legal letter served to FIFA after Infantino’s World Cup planend of listFIFA also pledged to review the processes that led to the controversy that sparked the fiercest revolt of Infantino’s decade-long tenure after national federations complained they had been sidelined.In a statement issued after Wednesday’s meeting, FIFA acknowledged that the proposal “should have been hand...

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