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UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC escalate pressure on FIFA’s Infantino after scrapped World Cup rights proposal
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FIFA will propose tighter governance checks on commercial-rights deals to contain the Infantino resignation campaign.

This is a governance crisis around control of the sport’s most valuable rights, with boycott threats as leverage. A split among confederations risks prolonged institutional instability and could reshape how FIFA funds development and commercializes tournaments.

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This is a governance crisis around control of the sport’s most valuable rights, with boycott threats as leverage. A split among confederations risks prolonged institutional instability and could reshape how FIFA funds development and commercializes tournaments.

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UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC urged FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign after an open letter accused him of breaking trust through deceptions tied to the FIFA Forward Enterprises proposal. The plan would have given a private firm a 21% stake in World Cup commercial and ticketing rights, but FIFA scrapped it after backlash and boycott threats. Separate coverage also reports UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC accusing FIFA of deception and warning the plan threatened football’s integrity; FIFA apologized for mishandling the proposal and rejected claims of a campaign to undermine Infantino.

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UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC escalate pressure on FIFA’s Infantino after scrapped World Cup rights proposal

Open letters accuse FIFA of deception; proposal would have sold a stake in commercial and ticketing rights.

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