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Gianni Infantino is keeping his seat at the top of FIFA, but barely. The embattled president faced a crisis meeting Wednesday after his plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors collapsed under pressure. He apologized for what he called mistakes, and senior leaders reaffirmed their support, though the damage to his credibility is real and lasting.
Across to India, where the BCCI is finally taking a hard look at how it tests its players. The medical team at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru is moving to standardize the Bronco and two-thousand-meter base fitness parameters after a string of injury breakdowns during the England tour exposed serious gaps. Customized tests that lacked clear benchmarks were flagged as a central part of the problem.
And in the NFL, Brandon Aiyuk's future with the San Francisco forty-niners remains in genuine limbo. The wide receiver has been sitting on the left squad list since December of twenty twenty five, placed there after going AWOL during a contract dispute stemming from voided twenty twenty six guarantees. He tore his ACL, missed rehab targets, and right now he cannot return to the field without taking one very specific next step.
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