Gianni Infantino’s gargantuan carbon footprint came to a mysterious, temporary halt over the weekend.Last week, Inside Sport revealed how the FIFA president had been clocking up the air miles at a staggering rate as he continues to attempt to save his job in the wake of the World Cup sell-off scandal.Infantino was due to rub shoulders with US senators and Wall Street billionaires at a Milken Institute event in the Hamptons, outside New York, on Friday night.But his Qatari-funded private jet stayed on the tarmac in Doha, where he has a home, after he cancelled plans to speak at the exclusive gathering. Gianno Infantino has been fighting to save his job after the World Cup sell-off scandalThe day before, UEFA filed court papers in several US states seeking documents it believes could support a prosecution for criminal mismanagement in Switzerland over Infantino’s failed plot to flog stakes in the World Cup.Mystery also surrounds the jet’s movements earlier in the week. On Tuesday it flew from Paris, where Infantino had attended the Esports World Cup, to Majorca for a matter of hours, then on to Pisa for roughly seven more before carrying him to Hanoi for the ASEAN Cup final.While Inside Sport would not want to make any assumptions, it is interesting to note that Josh Kushner, the brother of president Donald Trump’s son-in-law heavily implicated in the scandal, has holidayed there in the past….as Olympic Movement despairs over his sell-off planQatar appears to be treading a fine line – balancing support for Infantino with an attempt to curry favour with the IOC to host the 2036 Olympics. That said, most of the Olympic world is not opposed to the notion of selling off shares in competitions to private equity firms as, unlike FIFA, other international federations need the cash. However, there is uniform disapproval across the Olympic Movement at the lack of transparency and governance in the way Infantino introduced the plan.Football unites to pay tribute to fallen officersTributes were paid at Premier League matches on Sunday to the two police officers killed in Middlesbrough.The match officials at Leeds v Brentford wore back armbands with referee Tony Harrington a friend of PC Matthew Blades, who died along with PC Tom Clough, when their vehicle was hit by a car driving the wrong way down the road. Over the Pennines at Old Trafford, PC Blades’ two children were mascots at Manchester United’s clash with Ipswich Town. PC Blades was a keen United supporter. Meanwhile, on Friday United unveiled a platform at their ground in tribute to Chas Banks MBE, the former secretary of the club’s disabled supporters’ association who passed away in 2024. Banks was a strong voice for those who often needed one, and the platform – in the Stretford End – is a fitting tribute.All eyes on Margot and BradleyWhile the great and good of European football descended on Monaco last week for the Champions League draw, many eyes in the principality were elsewhere. Hollywood big-hitters Bradley Cooper and Margot Robbie were in town to shoot scenes for an Ocean’s Eleven prequel. Part of the story is set against the backdrop of the 1962 Grand Prix, with the famous circuit taken back 60 years thanks to the arrival of replica vintage cars from the era. Margot Robbie is filming a prequel to Ocean’s Eleven with Bradley CooperCricket comms chief departs a year before Ashes Eyebrows have been raised at the recent departure of popular England cricket men’s team head of comms Danny Reuben after 10 years in the role. Inside Sport has previously reported that the Yorkshireman has admirers within the Australian set-up. One to watch ahead of the next Ashes.Trapeze-y does it as UEFA keep costs downThe traditional after-draw party usually features the opening of the roof at the Monte-Carlo Sporting centre, so guests from the continent’s elite can enjoy a no-expenses-spared light show. This year, however, the roof remained closed with a pair of trapeze artists dressed as human disco balls the main entertainment at the UEFA event. Some wondered, with FIFA under fire for its apparent obsession with money, if its European rivals had toned it down on purpose.