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FIFA is on target to reap record revenues of seven billion dollars on the back of this year's Qatar World Cup, president Gianni Infantino said Thursday as experts predicted a long-term financial boom for football
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#UPDATE Gianni Infantino announced on Thursday he will stand for re-election for a third term as president of FIFA Image
#UPDATE FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Thursday tried to distance himself from a highly controversial project to hold the World Cup every two years as he suggested the plan had never actually been proposed by world football's governing body u.afp.com/wetT #AFPSports Image

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