Mexico shuns CONCACAF, backs Infantino

The Mexican Football Federation (FMF) has broken ranks with CONCACAF to publicly back FIFA President Gianni Infantino, becoming the only member of the North and Central America confederation to support him amid a dispute over plans to sell a stake in the World Cup.
In a statement released Thursday, the 2026 World Cup co-hosts said it “supports President Infantino’s leadership in continuing to promote the development of football through institutional strengthening”.
The FMF added that it “will neither recognise nor approve any process convened outside of that institutional framework” and joined Infantino’s call “to collectively continue developing football for the benefit of the 211 me...