Norway's Football Federation president Lise Klaveness called on August 7 for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign immediately, citing a complete loss of trust in his leadership after several European associations withdrew their support; Mexico and Argentina publicly backed Infantino, deepening a North-South divide inside world football
FIFA, football's 211-member global governing body based in Zurich, Switzerland, owns the World Cup franchise and distributes billions annually to national associations across six continents.