Infantino criticism lands Jordan FA chief judicial review with AFC

Author: ReutersPublished on: October 29, 2026Country: Jordan
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Infantino criticism lands Jordan FA chief judicial review with AFC

Prince Ali bin Hussein, president of the Jordan Football Association, said he would cooperate with any judicial review by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). He had accused Gianni Infantino of taking over the AFC Congress in Tokyo for political purposes, after AFC President Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa endorsed Infantino’s FIFA re-election bid. The AFC said no representatives had requested to speak and announced that Prince Ali’s statements would be referred to its judicial bodies. Prince Ali added that the Jordanian federation would vote independently in the FIFA presidential election.

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