Eight years ago Gianni Infantino was a member of the Fifa reform committee that introduced a series of measures to rescue the scandal-hit governing body from a near-terminal crisis. On Friday, now as Fifa president, Infantino will oversee rule changes that critics say will roll back some of the most important reforms.
The 2024 Fifa Congress in Bangkok is set to reverse a ban — brought in as a result of the vote-rigging in 2010 for Russia and Qatar to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups — on two World Cups being awarded at the same time.
The statute change will allow Fifa to award the 2030 and 2034 World Cups later this year: to Spain/Portugal/Morocco in 2030 (with three matches in South America)
