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New FIFA president assumes command amid growing financial crisis

Gianni Infantino takes charge of soccer's governing body that has been hit with a financial bombshell.

FIFA's meeting this week was less about electing a president to replace Sepp Blatter than it was about proving to the U.S. Department of Justice that the organization was taking demands for reform seriously.

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Gianni Infantino is now president of world soccer's governing body. His campaign pledge to deliver a 40-team World Cup will garner headlines, but a more significant vote in terms of FIFA's future took pace earlier Friday.