FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino on the Ropes as He Ditches Controversial $20 Billion Private Investment Plan

Source: www.variety.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:41:10 GMT

Gianni Infantino, the embattled president of soccer’s governing body FIFA, has abandoned his controversial plan to create a $20 billion company that would control the commercial rights to its events, principally the World Cup. In a statement released late Friday, Infantino said it had “become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature […]

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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: The Kushner-Backed FIFA Takeover Tearing the Soccer World Apart — www.motherjones.com
Left: FIFA Opens Disciplinary Case Over Argentina Conduct At World Cup — www.huffpost.com
Center-Left: Fifa scraps proposal to sell off stakes in World Cup after widespread backlash — www.theguardian.com
Center-Right: FIFA ditches plan to seek private investment for World Cup — thehill.com
Center: FIFA Scraps Controversial Plan To Turn World Cup Into Commercial Enterprise — deadline.com
Center-Left: FIFA president nixes idea to sell stakes in World Cup to private equity investors — www.nbcnews.com
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