FIFA Boss Infantino Scraps World Cup Sell Off Plans After Backlash

Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:20:13 GMT

"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 Friday.

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Left: FIFA kills controversial plan to sell World Cup rights to a Kushner-led group — www.rawstory.com
Left: FIFA Opens Disciplinary Case Over Argentina Conduct At World Cup — www.huffpost.com
Left: The Kushner-Backed FIFA Takeover Tearing the Soccer World Apart — www.motherjones.com
Center-Left: Fifa scraps proposal to sell off stakes in World Cup after widespread backlash — www.theguardian.com
Center-Right: FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino on the Ropes as He Ditches Controversial $20 Billion Private Investment Plan — www.variety.com
Center-Left: Fifa scraps World Cup investment plan after outcry — www.bbc.com
Center-Left: FIFA president nixes idea to sell stakes in World Cup to private equity investors — www.nbcnews.com
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Center-Right: Gotham FC’s Emily Sonnett has season-ending surgery putting World Cup in doubt — nypost.com

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