What you need to know about FIFA's private investment plan — and the backlash
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- Geo Sports PK·1h agoFifa scraps private investment plan after backlash
Fifa President Gianni Infantino waits for the start of a signing ceremony at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime headquarters in Vienna, Austria.— Reuters Fifa president Gianni Infantino said on Saturday he had scrapped a plan to allow private investment in the
Read at Geo Sports PK → - ARY News PK·1h agoFIFA scraps private investment plan after backlash
FIFA scraps private investment plan after backlash
Read at ARY News PK → - NZ Herald World·5h agoFifa scraps private investment plan after backlash: Infantino
Fifa has abandoned plans to allow private investment in major events.
Read at NZ Herald World → - CBC World News·23h agoWhat you need to know about FIFA's private investment plan — and the backlash
Less than two weeks since the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup 2026, soccer is once again front-page news thanks to a new private-investment proposal by FIFA president Gianni Infantino that's triggered significant backlash. Here's what you need to know.
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