ISTANBUL  FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Thursday said that the world’s football governing “cannot solve geopolitical problems” amid growing calls for sanctions against Israel. "FIFA cannot solve geopolitical problems, but it can and must promote football around the world by harnessing its unifying, educational, cultural and humanitarian values," Infantino said, in what appears to be a justification for not discussing the exclusion of Israel in the body's council meeting held on Thursday. "