{"id":27252,"date":"2016-07-27T02:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T02:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/fifa-world-cup-africa-will-get-two-extra-places\/"},"modified":"2016-07-27T02:04:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T02:04:20","slug":"fifa-world-cup-africa-will-get-two-extra-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/fifa-world-cup-africa-will-get-two-extra-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifa World Cup: Africa will get two extra places if tournament expands &#8211; Infantino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Africa will get an additional two World Cup finals places should the tournament be expanded to 40 teams from 2026, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino.}<\/p>\n<p>Infantino proposed the expansion from 32 teams before he was elected by world football&#8217;s governing body in February.<\/p>\n<p>Africa is currently allocated five places at World Cups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My proposal has been 40 teams and if that happens then my proposal has been to have at least two extra places for African teams,&#8221; said Infantino.<\/p>\n<p>The move would not come into effect until 2026 with the format of 32 teams already confirmed for Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Fifa boss is still set to be interviewed by ethics investigators after allegedly breaching its code of ethics.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations relate to a possible conflict of interest when using private jets laid on by a World Cup-bidding country; that he filled senior posts without checking people&#8217;s eligibility for the role; and billing Fifa for mattresses, flowers, an exercise machine and personal laundry.<\/p>\n<p>If there is sufficient evidence then a full investigation could be opened and he could be suspended from his role for up to 90 days.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13811 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_90515706_gettyimages-531279124.jpg\" alt=\"Gianni Infantino was elected president of football&#039;s world governing body in February, replacing the disgraced Sepp Blatter\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Africa will get an additional two World Cup finals places should the tournament be expanded to 40 teams from 2026, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino.} Infantino proposed the expansion from 32 teams before he was elected by world football&#8217;s governing body in February. Africa is currently allocated five places at World Cups. &#8220;My proposal has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[100],"byline":[249],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-27252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-africa","byline-bbc"],"bylines":[{"id":249,"name":"BBC","slug":"bbc","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":104}],"contributors":[{"id":249,"name":"BBC","slug":"bbc","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":104}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27252"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=27252"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=27252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}