* Gianni ⁠Infantino issues statement that ends controversial plan * ‘This proposal will not proceed,’ confirms Fifa president Fifa president Gianni ⁠Infantino has said world ⁠football’s ⁠governing body ​has scrapped plans to ⁠sell a stake in the World ⁠Cup to private ​investors ‌after widespread ‌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,” ​Infantino ​said. Continue reading...

UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA events, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a seismic rift between the most powerful governing bodies of football.

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