![File photo dated 01-12-2017 of FIFA President Gianni Infantino. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday August 3, 2020. FIFA’s deputy general secretary is “100 per cent confident” the organisation’s president Gianni Infantino will face no criminal charge, far less be convicted, as a result of the proceedings which have been opened against him. See PA SOCCER FIFA. Photo credit should read Nick Potts/PA Wire.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ARRRUQGWXS7UQH7VDQEJ7QK4EA.jpg?smart=true&auth=051c28455a65fb884e6905671b5aee667b8f4700accdcc22fdf815b26ba41d58&width=400&height=225)
The Swiss special federal public prosecutor has opened criminal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino. PA
The Swiss special federal public prosecutor has opened criminal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino. PA
Fifa '100 per cent confident' president Gianni Infantino will face no criminal charge
Infantino is subject of proceedings opened by special federal public prosecutor in Switzerland over meetings with attorney general Lauber
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03 August, 2020