Infantino gets backing from leading African football administrators

CAPE TOWN, Aug 4 : Leading African football administrators have sent messages of support to embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino as he looks to the continent’s 54 members for backing in a bid to keep his job.Five of the continent’s influential football leaders have issued statements that offer Infantino support while also welcoming the decision to drop his controversial plan to sell a stake in future World Cup revenue.Their messages came ahead of a meeting of the Confederation of African Football’s executive committee on Thursday at which they will discuss the abandoned plan to raise $4.2 billion from a new commercial rights body.While Asia, Europe and CONCACAF, which runs the game in North and Central America and the Caribbean, all said over the weekend they had lost confidence in In