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Kevin Baxter: After greatest Women's World Cup, will FIFA boss stop spouting condescending messages?

LOS ANGELES — The just-concluded World Cup was the best played, most exciting and most competitive women's soccer tournament in history. That's not hyperbole, it's fact. We know that because … well, it was obvious to anyone who watched even a fraction of the games. But we also know that because FIFA president Gianni Infantino told us so. "Fantastic, fantastic World Cup. I have to say the best, ...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino watches on during the Women's World Cup final between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney on Aug. 20, 2023.

LOS ANGELES — The just-concluded World Cup was the best played, most exciting and most competitive women's soccer tournament in history.

That's not hyperbole, it's fact. We know that because … well, it was obvious to anyone who watched even a fraction of the games. But we also know that because FIFA president Gianni Infantino told us so.

"Fantastic, fantastic World Cup. I have to say the best, the greatest, the most magic FIFA Women's World Cup ever," Infantino said.

Unfortunately, that wasn't all he said. Infantino is a bumbling orator and some of the things he went on to say would have been better left unsaid.

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