FIFA Drops Plan to Sell World Cup Stake After Backlash

FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced the cancellation of a proposal to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors, citing widespread backlash and internal divisions.

Infantino said, “Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place.” sport-ipl.my