Infantino abandons plans to sell World Cup profits to private equity following massive pushback
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after receiving pushback from all corners of the soccer world. Infantino’s decision came after his senior adviser who sat on a White House panel resigned and Asia’s soccer body joined Europe and North America in opposing it. “Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the of...
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