FIFA President Gianni Infantino has again insisted "he is not guilty of any wrongdoing" following reports linking him to the "Panama Papers" leak, according to Dom Farrell of GOAL. Last week, widely released reports claimed that documents within the Panama Papers -- which have been leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca to the int'l press -- indicated that, "during his time as UEFA's director of legal services, Infantino signed off on a deal to sell South American broadcasting rights for the Champions League, UEFA Cup and Super Cup to a company called Cross Trading in 2006." The leaked papers allegedly show that Cross Trading "subsequently sold these rights on at a significant mark-up." Infantino said, "The whole [rights-selling] process was correct and well documented. The way it has been presented is simply a disgrace. The agency's marketing team had recommended that the highest of only two tenders received a contract for the ancillary rights. ... If, after the contract was concluded, the rights-buyers carried out some unfair transactions, neither UEFA nor I had any personal influence over that." Infantino added that his integrity will be demonstrated "when all things are on the table" (GOAL, 4/11).
