Fifa president Gianni Infantino accuses critics of spreading hate at World Cup

Gianni Infantino said on Friday world soccer’s governing body has scrapped plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors after widespread backlash.

Gianni Infantino said on Friday world soccer’s governing body has scrapped plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors after widespread backlash.

UEFA and Concacaf's rejection of FIFA's plan to sell a 20% stake in the World Cup's commercial operations highlights uneasiness with private equity in sports.

Piers Morgan, who initially had a positive view of Gianni Infantino, has turned against the FIFA President, demanding his removal.Sharing a picture with Infantino, Morgan wrote on social media, "I thought FIFA boss Gianni Infantino was a force for good in football."The…

Two senior FIFA officials criticized Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan Friday with one resigning as a presidential adviser and a second saying staff were deceived by a project that must not go ahead.

Uefa has confirmed that European national teams will not play in Fifa competitions until the project is scrapped.

Gianni Infantino has clashed with unions and European football, but after 10 years as Fifa president he remains in a powerful position.

England and other UEFA nations are prepared to boycott the next World Cup should FIFA go ahead with their plans to sell shares of their flagship tournament.

The 55 UEFA members are in favor of the boycott as a tense situation continues to unfold

“UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions,” UEFA said after the meeting. The next FIFA event on the calendar is the Women's Under-20 World Cup, which will be held in Poland from September 5.

FIFA announced plans this week to create a $20 billion subsidiary to run the World Cup and its other events, and said it will offer stakes of up to 20% in it ⁠to external investors

Asia and Africa are bastions of support for Gianni Infantino but Fifa’s money has not always been well spent in the regions Fifa’s justification for its proposed plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors is about giving the 211 member associations more money to…

A little over a week since the 2026 men’s World Cup final, world soccer appears on the brink of war. The main battleground is a proposal from FIFA president Gianni Infantino to sell off a key function of the not-for-profit association. It has even led to a threat from some…

From boycotts to election challenges, those opposing the FIFA president have options.

Member nations must back the plan by September 19.

This week FIFA announced plans to form a new subsidiary company to run part of the World Cup and offer a 20% stake.

President of world football’s governing body says plan to sell stake to investors ‘is an opportunity and not an obligation’

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino tells member federations they have until September 19 to decide on his controversial private investor scheme with Joshua Kushner.

Gianni Infantino has given Fifa's 211 member associations 53 days to sign up to his World Cup sell-off plan. If they do, he says they'll each get up to $40 million.

Ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter slams World Cup stake sale plan

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has announced plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors in a new commercial entity worth $20bn. One of the leading would-be investors is Joshua Kushner, brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared. The plans have prompted an immediate…

FIFA's proposal to sell a minority stake in World Cup commercial rights faces backlash from governing bodies and fans, fearing excessive commercialisation and ties to Trump.

Ignore the outcry, Fifa’s plans to sell a minority stake in the World Cup will make international football more transparent and accountable and raise huge sums to develop the game, says Chad Teixeira Football’s governing bodies agree on almost nothing, so when UEFA announces…

The planned US$20-billion FIFA subsidiary would run the soccer body’s competitions and events like World Cups and Club World Cups

FIFA President Gianni Infantino set a Sept. 19 deadline on Wednesday for the 211 member federations to accept a one-off $20 million offer to each underwritten by the investment firm of Jared Kushner’s brother as part of a project to sell stakes in the World Cup.

The president of the Czech Republic's football association has welcomed FIFA's bombshell plan to sell stakes in the World Cup's commercial rights - an endorsement which could complicate any move by the European body UEFA to boycott future global events.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino earns more criticism after unveiling a brazen plan to "unleash the commercial potential" of the World Cup.

FIFA has a complex plan to sell chunks of its commercial rights to the World Cup to minority investors, including a firm run by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner.

Joshua Kushner, hermano menor de Jared Kushner (yerno y ex asesor del presidente), creó una compañía para invertir durante décadas en franquicias deportivas.

Mr Burnham has joined criticism of the proposal, writing the ‘World Cup is not a product’

Gianni Infantino is under fire from Uefa over plans to sell off commercial rights for the tournament but he says they are ‘about the democratisation of football worldwide’ A week after the World Cup finished, Fifa has yet to announce whether Argentina will be punished for the…

FIFA said Tuesday it 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. World football’s governing body said it would retain a majority share in FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) but hoped…

Pitch staff carry the Fifa logo on the pitch before the match. — Reuters Fifa plans to create a new commercial subsidiary valued at $20 billion, world soccer's governing body said on Tuesday, as it seeks backing from its 211 member associations for the proposal in a move already

European football’s governing body insists the World Cup is not an ‘asset to trade’.

Fifa has announced plans to sell a share of its commercial operations to private investors

Fifa has confirmed its plans to create Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE).

European football's governing body Uefa reacts furiously to proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.