Infantinos opponents at FIFA call for $10M payments to federations from post-World Cup reserves
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s member federations should each get an extra $10 million from its swelling cash reserves after a successful World Cup, the soccer body’s vice presidents from Europe and North America said in a letter Friday to its president Gianni Infantino as they step up efforts to oust him for trying to sell stakes in the tournament to private investors. The letter says FIFA should have cash reserves of $6 billion after the World Cup and can afford such a “one-off release" — $2...
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