European football’s governing body UEFA said Thursday it would boycott the World Cup should FIFA press ahead with its private investor plan. “No UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive, unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that
FIFA President Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors was hit hard Thursday by his former colleagues at UEFA, who agreed to boycott all the global football body's competitions in protest. "UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions," the European soccer body said after an
The Malta Football Association has yet to take a position on FIFA’s private-investor plan proposed by world governing body president Gianni Infantino. Football's world governing body on Tuesday announced plans to create a commercial subsidiary to run its biggest events, such as the World Cup and Club World Cup. Under the proposal, private investors
EU sports chief Glenn Micallef on Wednesday hit out at FIFA’s plans to sell a stake in its competitions including the World Cup, warning international football’s governing body: “Hands off our game.” FIFA plans to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a semi-private subsidiary. Micallef