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CARACAS, Oct 17 — Fifa president Gianni Infantino on Friday defended his plan to hold the World Cup every two years during a visit to Venezuela, a country that has never qualified for the global showpiece. The biennial World Cup project, which has the backing of former Arsenal manager Arsene...

CARACAS, Oct 17 — Fifa president Gianni Infantino on Friday defended his plan to hold the World Cup every two years during a visit to Venezuela, a country that has never qualified for the global showpiece.

“Our job as Fifa is to constantly think about how we can improve football in the world, to make football truly global,” Infantino said during an event in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. “They also have to be able to achieve that dream because if you have to dream for eternity, in the end you prefer to do other things.”

“When it was decided to organize a World Cup every four years, more or less 100 years ago, Fifa had 40 countries. It’s time to re-analyse the issue.”

 

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