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FIFA council meeting lasts over three hours as President Gianni Infantino apologies to members, but critics want more. Gianni Infantino apologised to his toughest critics but provided no new details or documents on FIFA issues that most concern them at a showdown meeting of its ruling council on Thursday. No documents about the $4.2bn World Cup sell-off plan he launched and dropped in July. No details about the Folarin Balogun red-card case at the World Cup and how US President Donald Trump intervened to help the national team forward. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4French football body urges fans and students to keep politics out of stadiumslist 2 of 4Real Madrid’s Vinicius says he’s being targeted by refereeslist 3 of 4Man United’s Martinez takes to social media to defend his criticism of clublist 4 of 4Has Yamal surpassed Messi and Mbappe as a 19-year-old footballer?end of listWorld football’s ruling body FIFA will, however, review whether to continue awarding the peace prize that was created to be given to Trump in December.

How can I not go with Auston Matthews after he's cashed this play for us in two straight games? He's clearly on another level now that he's healthy, and his shooting percentage (40%) is among the league's best on the man advantage. When Matthews is shooting, he's hitting twine - he has four goals across his last three games as a result. Let's pot one more against this stingy Islanders defense. I'm loving William Nylander's shot volume right now, as the Leafs winger has registered at least three shots on goal in four consecutive games. He's averaging 6.5 shot attempts per contest, the 23rd-highest mark in the NHL, giving us plenty of reason to believe his hot streak can continue. With the Islanders playing an undisciplined brand of hockey, watch for Willy on the power play to drive us over the line.

It’s been a while, but Gavin McKenna is trying to focus on his next shift. Luke Fox has more on how the 18-year-old is handling his benching in Thursday's loss to the Sabres.