Infantino remains FIFA president following crisis meeting

Under-fire FIFA president Gianni Infantino has shaken off calls to resign - for now - with the backing of the governing body's leaders, though apologised for "mistakes" in his botched attempts to sell off a stake in the World Cup. <p>In a statement released after seven hours of crisis talks in Morocco, FIFA said its management board had re-affirmed their "full support" for Infantino - including secretary general Mattias Grafstrom, only days after he had labelled the World Cup plans "a sad and reproachable series of events".</p><p>In a letter seen by <em>Sky News </em>sent to national associations and signed by Infantino and Grafstrom, the pair wrote that they "sincerely apologised for the errors" around the proposals, which were withdrawn on Saturday after days of criticism from around world football.</p><p>Infantino had faced mounting calls to resign following the leak of previously undiscussed plans to sell off a stake in the World Cup, which a number of associations said they had not been consulted on - with a deadline to back the proposals barely a month away in mid-September, with a £30.1m incentive to accept.</p><p>In a second statement released on FIFA.com, the governing body said it had "not been the intention… for member associations to feel excluded from the process" and admitted it should have been "handled differently".</p><p><em>More to follow...</em></p><ul></ul><widget id="1"></widget>