The article text provided is inaccessible, so its claims cannot be independently summarised. Its headline says the US State Department denied a report that Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by telephone with FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

No details are available about the alleged call, the source of the report, when it was said to have occurred, or the State Department’s specific response. The denial could matter because contacts between senior US officials and FIFA’s leadership may attract scrutiny, particularly around international football governance and major tournaments.