FIFA puts off making decision on suspending Israel

ZURICH, Switzerland — World football’s governing body FIFA makes no verdict either way at its council meeting today on a Palestinian request to suspend Israel, instead launching a committee investigation to inform its decision.

“The FIFA Council has implemented due diligence on this very sensitive matter and, based on a thorough assessment, we have followed the advice of the independent experts,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino says in a statement.

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