Successfully stopping Gianni Infantino's FIFA plan to sell World Cup profits to private investors was the first half of a high-stakes game in global football politics. The second half kicked off Saturday with what seemed a clear aim of ending Infantino's decade-long presidency. "No option should be off the table," said European soccer body UEFA, whose
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Saturday he had scrapped a plan to allow private investment in the World Cup following fierce backlash from football officials worldwide. "Our purpose has always been -- and will always be -- to unite and improve," Infantino said in a statement. "As a result, this proposal will not proceed." FIFA, world football's
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after receiving pushback from all corners of the soccer world. Infantino's decision came after his senior adviser who sat on a White House panel resigned and Asia's soccer body joined Europe and North America in opposing it. "Having listened
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) joined UEFA and CONCACAF in condemning world football’s governing body FIFA’s proposed private investment plan, saying on Friday they were alarmed it had reached the point a “World Cup boycott has entered public discourse”. A damaging blow to FIFA president Gianni Infantino came with the later resignation of a
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