The Confederation of African Football “unanimously reconfirmed its support for embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino following a meeting of its executive committee on Thursday. He has been under intense pressure for the world football governing body’s handling of a now-shelved proposal to open the World Cup to private investment. With CAF making up 54 of…
Gianni Infantino has apologised for “errors” he made in controversial plans to sell off stakes in competitions to private investors, but will remain Fifa president after receiving the backing of senior executives in a meeting in Morocco. Infantino summoned members of the management board to Fifa’s Africa office in Rabat on Wednesday following mounting criticism…
UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and that “no option should be off the table” as it will pursue a full review of his now-abandoned plan to sell stakes of the World Cup to private equity investors. Infantino was forced to scrap the plan early Saturday after his senior adviser,…
World Football governing body, FIFA has told member associations they will each receive $40 million if they back a plan to sell stakes in major competitions – but they must sign up by 19 September. The sport’s global governing body on Tuesday, July 28, announced proposals to set up a commercial subsidiary to run events,…
