FIFA Crisis (Live Updates): Kushner-Backed Deal In Peril As CONCACAF Rejects Plan
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- Hollywood Reporter·1h 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·1h 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·2h 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·2h 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 → - BBC Top Stories·2h agoFifa scraps controversial World Cup investment plan
Football's world governing body abandons plans to sell off stakes in its major competitions after widespread opposition to president Gianni Infantino's idea.
Read at BBC Top Stories → - ABC Sport AU·4h agoFIFA executive lashes Infantino over sell-off plan
FIFA's chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, says "he will sleep well tonight" after hitting out at president Gianni Infantino over plans to sell stakes in the organisation.
Read at ABC Sport AU → - Yahoo Sports Soccer·5h agoConmebol speaks out on Fifa plans for the first time 👇🏽
Only Conmebol’s position remained on the controversial private investment proposal raised by FIFA. In a statement titled "Football Comes First," the body that governs South American football reveal
Read at Yahoo Sports Soccer → - Irish Independent Life·6h agoFootball has spoken — worldwide rejection of Fifa proposal means Gianni Infantino must goRead at Irish Independent Life →
- Irish Times Sport·6h 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·8h 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·12h 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·15h 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.·16h 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·17h 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·18h 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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