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FIFA's president has declared that a proposed plan to sell off World Cup rights or assets will not go ahead, ending speculation over the future of football's biggest tournament.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has abandoned a plan to bring private equity investment into the World Cup after facing significant pushback from stakeholders across football.
Explosive claims of a potential World Cup boycott have surfaced as the rift between FIFA and UEFA deepens into what some are calling an all-out civil war in football governance.
Gianni Infantino is rapidly losing the backing needed to remain FIFA president, according to Sky News, raising fresh questions about the future leadership of world football.
UEFA is weighing a boycott of FIFA tournaments after the governing body proposed selling a share of World Cup revenues, a move European football's leadership strongly opposes.
UEFA is prepared to pull its member nations from the World Cup and other FIFA tournaments if the governing body proceeds with its controversial commercial stake sale plans.
UEFA has agreed to boycott FIFA competitions if the governing body pushes ahead with plans to commercialise the World Cup, according to reporting by The Guardian.
UEFA has voted to boycott the FIFA World Cup in a major dispute over FIFA's plan to bring in outside investors, escalating tensions at the top of world football.
CONCACAF has added its voice to growing global resistance against a FIFA proposal that would open the World Cup to private investment, raising governance concerns.
The Asian Football Confederation has launched a sharp public rebuke of FIFA, accusing the governing body of eroding the core principles that hold the sport together.
A deepening dispute between FIFA and UEFA over the World Cup's future has left host nation Canada and much of the football world as bystanders in a high-stakes governance battle.
Regional confederations are furious at FIFA's president over an alleged scheme to coerce them into accepting a controversial World Cup commercial rights arrangement.
