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Explaining FIFA President’s Plan to Sell the World Cup: Millions to Make and Trump Links

The world’s soccer associations have to decide between selling the soul of the sport or making $20 million.

Sports Illustrated

Fifa’s shameful scheme to sell off World Cup is gravest existential threat to football yet – but will anyone stop it?

Fifa’s latest money-spinning wheeze, to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investment, has been met with horror. Now its member associations must make a stand against ‘football’s nuclear bomb’, writes Miguel Delaney

The Independent UK

UEFA issues stunning statement after FIFA outlines controversial private company plan

Opinion-dividing president Gianni Infantino is running for another term in office

Evening Standard

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Fifa accused of ‘selling the soul of football’ over $20bn World Cup commercial rights sale plan

Fifa has announced plans to sell a share of its commercial operations to private investors, a deal that would include the media and sponsorship rights of the World Cup

The Guardian - UK

Uefa issue stunning attack as Fifa 'crosses a line' over World Cup plans

UEFA insists the World Cup is not an “asset to trade” after FIFA confirmed plans to set up a private company to run its competitions ...

The National (Scotland)

La Liga President Rips Gianni Infantino for ‘Pathetic’ Takedown of World Cup Critics

The FIFA president released a 15-page Instagram rant defending a slew of controversies.

Sports Illustrated

Fifa boss Gianni Infantino ‘plans to sell World Cup stake’ in deal worth billions

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FIFA plan for Kushner-backed $20 billion operation to run World Cup meets fury from Europe's UEFA

FIFA President Gianni Infantino plans to create a $20 billion company running the World Cup with private investors including the Kushner family

The Independent UK

People Have Got To Try Being Normal About Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham, and the WNBA

Plus: Congress struggling to regulate college sports, looking at the economics of World Cup hosts, and why are golf shows all the same?

Reason

Coca-Cola shares surge 7% as earnings beat lifts outlook

Coca-Cola raised its full-year revenue and earnings forecasts after beating second-quarter estimates on strong demand for zero-sugar drinks, higher prices and FIFA World Cup-driven sales. Shares jumped nearly 7% to a 52-week high as revenue exceeded analyst expectations.

The Economic Times

Uefa issues furious response after Fifa plans to sell stakes in the World Cup

Fifa is working with bankers at JPMorgan to raise billions ⁠of dollars by bringing in ⁠external investors to take as much as a 20 per cent stake in the entity

The Independent UK

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe Snubbed As 2026 World Cup Goal of the Tournament Announced

An unexpected name clinched the World Cup’s sixth-ever Goal of the Tournament award.

Sports Illustrated

World Cup Goal of the Tournament revealed as surprise trio lead the way

World Cup 2026 featured several special strikes and the Goal of the Tournament has now been crowned

FourFourTwo

Italy’s search for a manager turns into a shemozzle of epic proportions

In today’s Football Daily: Oh Italy

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Which brands are still winning now the World Cup's over?

The World Cup trophy has been lifted. The brand trophy is still up for debate.

The Guardian - UK

Who dares ridicule Gianni Infantino as the World Cup boss creates global peace? Not me: is it you?

If you thought he was just a shady rule-dodging reprobate, the Fifa boss’s latest 15-page Instagram rant might make you think again, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Sports Illustrated

‘Outright Bribery’—FIFA President Summoned Over Nature of Trump Relationship

Gianni Infantino has made no attempts to hide the strength of his bond with President Trump.

The Independent UK

Infantino facing investigation over Fifa’s relationship with Trump administration

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The Independent UK

La Liga chief slams Gianni Infantino’s ‘pathetic’ rant on Fifa’s World Cup critics

La Liga president Javier Tebas has hit out at Gianni Infantino on social media

The Guardian - US

Fifa president Gianni Infantino called to appear before Congress over Trump ties

Democrat Jamie Raskin pushes Fifa to release records of contact with Trump, administration and family business

The Independent UK

FIFA's Infantino targets critics he says spread 'hate and false rumors' about World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has attacked perceived critics one week after the World Cup final for “spreading hate and false rumors” about the tournament

The Independent UK

Sorry Gianni, your Trumpian rant does not undo World Cup failure

COMMENT: Fifa president Infantino launched a tirade at anyone who dared to question the success of the recent World Cup, writes Will Castle, but his Trump tribute act doesn’t change the fact that his interventions made the tournament worse

The Guardian - UK

Vinícius to Arsenal? Club football’s military industrial complex kicks back into gear

In today’s Football Daily: It’s time to go clubbin’

Euronews

FIFA boss Infantino tells critics to 'meditate' in bizarre Instagram tirade

"Finally I am incredibly proud, as FIFA President, to have contributed, even a little, to this show. It's a great feeling," Infantino wrote.

Sports Illustrated

FIFA President Lashes Out at Critics in Stunning Instagram Rant

Gianni Infantino sought to defend a handful of controversies from the 2026 World Cup.

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