FIFA President Infantino in DR Congo for TP Mazembe anniversary
By AFP
28 November 2019 |
1:30 pm
FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrives in Lubumbashi to attend the 80th-anniversary celebrations of the football club Tout Puissant Mazembe.
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