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Infantino’s FIFA future in jeopardy after private equity gamble backfires
Aug 1 : FIFA president Gianni Infantino, hitherto untouchable at the helm of soccer’s global governing body, suffered a crushing blow on Friday when his bold reach for private equity riches was brought to an end in the face of a ferocious backlash.A FIFA statement, attributed to Infantino, conceded that the p
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FIFA faces fresh transparency calls after retreat on World Cup sell-off plan
Aug 1 : FIFA faced renewed calls for transparency on Saturday after it abruptly shelved plans to sell a stake in the commercial rights to the World Cup, a proposal that triggered fierce backlash from regional confederations that said they had been blindsided.The swift reversal has exposed growing unease withi
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Will Fifa president Gianni Infantino lose his job? If so, who comes in?
Fifa president Gianni Infantino is in the eye of a storm after scrapping his attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup. If he goes, who comes in?
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Asian confederation chief welcome’s FIFA decision to scrap World Cup sell-off plan
Aug 1 : Asian Football Confederation President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa on Saturday welcomed FIFA’s decision to walk back plans to sell a stake in the World Cup and stressed the need to discuss all such moves with transparency in the future. FIFA’s plan was to raise up to $4.2 billion by selling a
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Fifa World Cup plans: Gianni Infantino scraps private investment proposal after widespread opposition
Football’s world governing body abandons plans to sell off stakes in its major competitions after widespread opposition to president Gianni Infantino’s proposal.
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Watch: Why Fifa dropped plans to sell stakes in the World Cup
The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil explains why Gianni Infantino has backed down on his controversial investment proposal.
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FIFA scraps private investment plan after backlash: Infantino
The idea of allowing private investors even a small stake in FIFA flagship events such as the World Cup had been roundly condemned.
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FIFA unveils controversial World Cup investor plan
UEFA is challenging FIFA’s plan to sell part of the World Cup’s commercial rights to investors.
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Why Germany may stand up against FIFA’s World Cup sell off
Leading figures in German football have lined up to criticize Gianni Infantino’s plans to sell a stake in the World Cup. Germany is showing signs that they may be ready to oppose Infantino’s re-election.
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FIFA chief Infantino abandons World Cup sell-off plans
Europe’s governing body, UEFA, had threatened to boycott FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup, unless Gianni Infantino withdrew his plans to sell stakes in FIFA competitions to private equity investors.
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