Infantino heads to Dominican Republic junior tournament in bid to cling on to FIFA presidency

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Gianni Infantino wants to split the European and North American coalition that is seeking to oust him by attending a junior tournament in the Dominican Republic this weekend in another gamble to cling on to power from the Fifa president.

The Guardian has learned that Infantino has made plans to attend the U14 Boys Challenge competition organised by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), 21 of whose associations are voting members of Fifa, despite being urged to stay away from the event by senior figures within the regional confederation Concacaf – the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football – which is working with Uefa to remove him.

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