{"id":10030,"date":"2026-11-05T14:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/jfa-president-tashima-ready-to-challenge-infantino-for-fifa-presidency\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:31:49","slug":"jfa-president-tashima-ready-to-challenge-infantino-for-fifa-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/jfa-president-tashima-ready-to-challenge-infantino-for-fifa-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"JFA President Tashima Ready To Challenge Infantino For FIFA Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kozo Tashima, Honorary President of the Japan Football Association (JFA), announced on Thursday that he will run for the FIFA presidency in next March\u2019s election, setting up a high-profile challenge against incumbent Gianni Infantino.<\/p>\n<p>Tashima told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/sports\">Japanese newspaper Sports Nippon<\/a> that his decision comes with the full backing of his national association as he seeks to champion integrity at world football\u2019s governing body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-brazil-coach-rilany-laments-defeat-to-flamingos\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Brazil Coach Rilany Laments Defeat To Flamingos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful that I can make this announcement with the full support of the JFA,\u201d Tashima said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about winning or losing, but about conveying to the world the honest, sound, and upright attitude that Japanese football has built.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-playing-in-the-final-is-a-big-privilege-flamingos-goal-scorer-reacts-after-win-over-brazil\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: \u2018Playing In The Final Is A Big Privilege\u2019 \u2013Flamingos Goal Scorer Reacts After Win Over Brazil<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat FIFA needs now are these values that we have protected. I have decided to run in order to make this appeal to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Infantino, who is seeking re-election, has faced mounting opposition following a controversial attempt in July to bring private investors into a new FIFA commercial entity designed to hold rights to flagship competitions, including the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kozo Tashima, Honorary President of the Japan Football Association (JFA), announced on Thursday that he will run for the FIFA presidency in next March\u2019s election, setting up a high-profile challenge&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}