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Soccer-Infantino adviser quits, report says FIFA World Cup sell-off plan is dead

Soccer-Infantino adviser quits, report says FIFA World Cup sell-off plan is dead

July 31 (Reuters) - Opposition mounted on Friday to FIFA's plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors, after a senior adviser to the organisation's President Gianni Infantino resigned in protest and a report said the proposal had been scrapped.
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Soccer-Infantino's adviser quits as FIFA's World Cup stake plan triggers confederation backlash

Soccer-Infantino's adviser quits as FIFA's World Cup stake plan triggers confederation backlash

July 31 (Reuters) - A senior adviser to FIFA President Gianni Infantino resigned in protest at plans to sell a stake in the World Cup on Friday, as European football threatened a boycott and regional confederations united in opposition to the controversial proposal.
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Soccer-Infantino's advisor quits as FIFA's World Cup stake plan triggers confederation backlash

Soccer-Infantino's advisor quits as FIFA's World Cup stake plan triggers confederation backlash

July 31 (Reuters) - A senior advisor to FIFA President Gianni Infantino resigned in protest at plans to sell a stake in the World Cup on Friday, as European football threatened a boycott and regional confederations united in opposition to the controversial proposal.
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Soccer-Asian confederation rebukes FIFA in blow to private investment plan

Soccer-Asian confederation rebukes FIFA in blow to private investment plan

By Ian Ransom July 30 (Reuters) - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Thursday condemned FIFA for a lack of consultation over its plan to bring private investors into soccer's World Cup and demanded more time to consider it in a blow to the global governing body's hopes of getting the proposal
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FIFA has scrapped $20 billion World Cup sell-off plan, New York Post reports

FIFA has scrapped $20 billion World Cup sell-off plan, New York Post reports

July 31 (Reuters) - FIFA's plan to sell a piece of its business empire to outside investors has collapsed following an open revolt by soccer officials worldwide and a major rift among top FIFA executives, the New York Post reported on Friday.
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Soccer-UEFA to boycott World Cup and FIFA tournaments over stake sale plans

Soccer-UEFA to boycott World Cup and FIFA tournaments over stake sale plans

By Alan Baldwin and Ian Ransom LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - European soccer's governing body UEFA and its 55 member nations on Thursday voted to boycott all FIFA tournaments in what could be a knockout blow to the global soccer organisation's proposal to sell a stake in the World Cup to external
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Soccer-Reaction as UEFA votes to boycott World Cup, CONCACAF rejects FIFA investor plans

Soccer-Reaction as UEFA votes to boycott World Cup, CONCACAF rejects FIFA investor plans

July 30 (Reuters) - UEFA and its 55 member nations voted on Thursday to boycott all FIFA tournaments in protest at the global governing body's plan to sell a stake in the World Cup, while CONCACAF rejected the proposal to bring in private investors.
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Soccer-Infantino's senior advisor Cordeiro resigns following proposal to sell FIFA stake

Soccer-Infantino's senior advisor Cordeiro resigns following proposal to sell FIFA stake

July 31 (Reuters) - Carlos Cordeiro, senior advisor to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, resigned with immediate effect on Friday in protest at proposals to sell a stake in the World Cup, calling the plan "a bad deal for football". Cordeiro, a former banker and ex-U.S.
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Senior FIFA official resigns over Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan. Second says it deceived staff

Senior FIFA official resigns over Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan. Second says it deceived staff

Two senior FIFA officials have criticized Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan with one resigning as a presidential adviser and a second saying staff were deceived by project that must not go ahead
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FIFA plans to sell stakes in $20 billion subsidiary to run World Cup, angering UEFA

FIFA plans to sell stakes in $20 billion subsidiary to run World Cup, angering UEFA

By Echo Wang and Rohith Nair July 28 (Reuters) - FIFA said on Tuesday it plans to create a $20 billion subsidiary to run the World Cup and its other events and will offer stakes of up to 20% in it to external investors, a move that provoked a furious response from UEFA, who accused world soccer's
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Soccer-FIFA’s private equity push opens new front in decades-old power-struggle with Europe

Soccer-FIFA’s private equity push opens new front in decades-old power-struggle with Europe

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, July 29 (Reuters) - FIFA’s push to open the World Cup to private equity marks a dramatic attempt to reshape the commercial landscape of global soccer, while opening a new front in a long-running battle with Europe for power and control over the massive wealth generated by
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European Nations Consider World Cup Boycott Over FIFA's New Subsidiary Plan

European Nations Consider World Cup Boycott Over FIFA's New Subsidiary Plan

European Nations Consider World Cup Boycott Over FIFA's New Subsidiary Plan