Infantino courts Asian football leaders as FIFA reelection support builds

Gianni Infantino's FIFA reelection campaign moves to Tokyo this week ahead of a Wednesday meeting with Asian confederation leaders.

• Infantino apologized last week in Zurich to FIFA's 37-member ruling council for mistakes in the scrapped $4.2 billion World Cup sell-off plan.
• An Associated Press tally shows 87 of FIFA's 211 member federations support Infantino, nearing the simple majority he needs for March reelection.
• UEFA has sent FIFA a letter asking it to explain the abandoned 20% commercial-rights sale, the Folarin Balogun affair, and relations with Donald Trump.
• The FIFA Council is scheduled to convene next on Dec. 16 in Doha, Qatar.
• UEFA gave FIFA until November 2 to release documents and listed 42 questions, including on Infantino's remuneration and payments to Marc Anthony.
• FIFA said it intends to answer UEFA's questions without breaching confidentiality, but did not commit to a deadline before the March election.
• UEFA asked FIFA to consider recusing election committee chair Bruno Chiomento, citing concerns over the committee's independence.
• UEFA said it has lost confidence in Infantino and plans to field an alternative candidate for the presidency.
• FIFA's lawyers accused UEFA officials of deliberately harassing President Gianni Infantino amid the dispute over governance and transparency.
• UEFA secretary general Theodor Theodoridis warned the questions cannot be postponed to FIFA's December council meeting.