FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the inauguration of the FIFA Arena football pitch in the village of Shanay near the town of Aley, east of Beirut on November 9, 2026. Gianni Infantino's re-election as FIFA president is a foregone conclusion, the vice-president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) told AFP on November 9, on the sidelines of the inauguration by the Italian-Swiss football chief of a mini football pitch in Lebanon. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP via Getty Images)