Mexico, Argentina back Infantino as FIFA fight rages on

Aug 7 : Mexico and Argentina's football associations have thrown their support behind FIFA President Gianni Infantino, as the world soccer chief faces a fierce backlash over a now-abandoned proposal to sell off some of the commercial rights to the World Cup.

The Mexican Football Federation (FMF), co-hosts of the recently concluded World Cup, has broken ranks with its own regional confederation by backing Infantino after CONCACAF called for a "comprehensive reckoning" with his presidency.

On Thursday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) unanimously backed Infantino's leadership, but European soccer's governing body UEFA said it remained committed to boycotting the World Cup and other FIFA competitions.

Asia's confederation said it "stood in solidarity" with UEFA and CONCACAF, which runs football in North and Central America as well as the Caribbean.

However, South America's CONMEBOL issued a statement on Thursday rejecting any attempt to oust Infantino that did not involve a vote of all 211 members.  

Mexico's federation echoed those sentiments. 

"The FMF will neither recognise nor approve any process convened outside of that institutional framework, and it joins the call made ... by President Infantino to collectively continue developing football for the benefit of the 211 member associations," it said in a statement. 

"The FMF supports President Infantino's leadership in continuing to promote the development of football through institutional strengthening."

Following a meeting in Rabat this week, FIFA said it had apologised to its members for mistakes around the proposal to sell a slice of the World Cup's commercial future.

It also pledged to review the processes that led to the controversy.

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