FIFA Crisis (Live Updates): Kushner-Backed Deal In Peril As CONCACAF Rejects Plan
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- Guardian Sport·2h agoGianni Infantino ‘has lost Uefa’s confidence’ after Fifa chief scraps World Cup sell-off plan
Infantino ditched proposals after widespread backlash Uefa adds: ‘We cannot keep going on with secret schemes’ Uefa has warned Gianni Infantino that his style of leadership cannot continue in demanding a thorough and fundamental review of Fifa’s governance. In a strongly worded…
Read at Guardian Sport → - Irish Independent Sport·2h ago‘Talk about taking football away from the people’ – Hoops boss Bradley blasts Gianni Infantino's now-axed World Cup planRead at Irish Independent Sport →
- BBC World·2h agoUefa has 'lost confidence' in Fifa leadership
Uefa says it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's Fifa leadership as the fallout from the scrapped controversial investment plan intensifies.
Read at BBC World → - The42·5h agoFifa scraps plan to allow private investment in World Cup following fierce backlash
The beleaguered Infantino said he would focus now on restoring harmony while continuing to grow the game.
Read at The42 → - Hollywood Reporter·11h agoFIFA Boss Infantino Scraps World Cup Sell Off Plans After Backlash
"Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place," the FIFA president said in a statement on…
Read at Hollywood Reporter → - Financial Times·12h agoFifa abandons controversial $20bn stake-sale plan after global backlash
Gianni Infantino says it was ‘clear’ project created divisions not in interest of organisation’s initial objective
Read at Financial Times → - ABC News Top·12h agoFIFA says it's not moving forward with controversial World Cup sell-off plan
The move came after Europe's governing body for football said it would boycott the World Cup over the plan.
Read at ABC News Top → - DW News EN·12h agoFIFA plans: Infantino under pressure as senior advisor quits
After regional football federations condemned FIFA plans for private investment, Carlos Cordeiro, senior advisor to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, tendered his resignation.
Read at DW News EN → - Irish Independent Life·16h agoFootball has spoken — worldwide rejection of Fifa proposal means Gianni Infantino must goRead at Irish Independent Life →
- Irish Times Sport·16h agoGavin Cooney: Infantino’s World Cup plot looks headed for the scrapheap. He might follow it
Fifa president has managed to unite football, but not in the way he wished
Read at Irish Times Sport → - Al Jazeera·19h agoFIFA COO Lamour says staff deceived over Infantino’s World Cup plan
Senior FIFA executive, Kevin Lamour, says staff were deceived over President Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan.
Read at Al Jazeera → - The News Biz PK·22h agoUK minister declares FIFA's World Cup sale plan is collapsing amid boycott threats
UK minister declares FIFA's World Cup sale plan is collapsing amid boycott threatsBritish Finance Minister John Healey stated that FIFA's controversial plan to sell a stake in the World Cup is collapsing following fierce, coordinated pushback from European football authorities…
Read at The News Biz PK → - Guardian Business·1d agoUefa have formed a rare but fragile united front against Fifa in battle for football’s future | Nick Ames and Matt Hughes
Emerging from this week with unity over Fifa’s World Cup sell off was quite an acheivement but Europe cannot rest on its laurels It was a phrase not always heard when Europe’s football associations discuss a pressing issue. “Touchingly unanimous,” was the assessment of a senior…
Read at Guardian Business → - City A.M.·1d agoFifa crisis: Uefa exec Nasser Al-Khelaifi ‘not interested’ in ousting Infantino
Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the Paris Saint-Germain president and high-ranking Uefa executive, has no interest in leading a Fifa coup against Gianni Infantino, according to his camp. Infantino’s future as Fifa president has been plunged into doubt by the civil war triggered by plans to…
Read at City A.M. → - Irish Examiner Sport·1d agoInfantino dealt another blow after damning Asian rejection of Fifa plan
Fifa had released a statement this morning saying it would push ahead despite opposition
Read at Irish Examiner Sport → - The Hindu World·1d agoFIFA vows to go ahead with private investor proposal despite opposition from UEFA
FIFA said in a statement that all of its member associations should have a chance to consider the plan; "Nobody is selling football," it said
Read at The Hindu World → - Deadline Hollywood·1d agoFIFA’s American Confederation Joins European Soccer Nations In Rejecting Controversial Private Investment Plan
UPDATED with the latest: The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), one of FIFA’s six continental confederations that represents North America, Central America and the Caribbean, today flatly rejected a controversial plan to sell a…
Read at Deadline Hollywood → - Forbes Business·1d agoFIFA Crisis (Live Updates): Kushner-Backed Deal In Peril As CONCACAF Rejects Plan
The 55 member associations in UEFA approved the boycott unanimously on Thursday.
Read at Forbes Business → - The West Australian·1d agoEurope to boycott World Cup over FIFA investment plan
UEFA members say they will not take part in any FIFA competition until the world's ruling body drop their controversial private investment plan.
Read at The West Australian → - Deccan Chronicle Ent·1d agoAsian Confederation Rebukes FIFA in Blow To Private Investment Plan
AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa warned the proposal would never succeed without the support of all of football's regional blocs, in an acknowledgment of Europe's staunch opposition
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