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The soccer world, for the most part, has been united in its reject of FIFA president Gianni Infantino's controversial proposed plan...
UEFA and Concacaf's rejection of FIFA's plan to sell a 20% stake in the World Cup's commercial operations highlights uneasiness with private equity in sports.
A six-time world champion and three-time World Cup MVP, Japan's Ayami Sato joins the new Women's Professional Baseball League hoping to help build the sport's future When Ayami Sato takes the mound as the starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Queens on Saturday, it will be the culmination of a professional career that has spanned 16 years and three countries. The right-handed hurler is largely considered the best pitcher in the history of women's baseball. She has the awards and experience...
The World Cup gave MLS unprecedented momentum. Keeping it will depend less on signing aging icons than convincing America's best young players to stay "Thanks World, we'll take it from here," is Major League Soccer's message to the American public. Yet two moves in the last week were emblematic of the issues the league faces in taking on the mantle of North America's hosting of the game's grandest stage. A rising, under-the-radar homegrown player left for Europe, and...
Manchester United have been busy throughout the summer window so far with the side aiming to strengthen ahead of the start of the new campaign. Midfield has been a big focus for the recruitment team so far this summer following the departure of Casemiro and injury that Manuel Ugarte sustained in the World Cup.
Carlos Cordeiro resigned as a FIFA senior adviser in protest of the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors, he said Friday.
FIFA's president wants to create a $20 billion commercial subsidiary to sell a 20% minority stake in the World Cup and other major tournament revenues to private equity investors.
The 2026 World Cup was a chance for soccer players from around the globe to impress on the biggest stage of them all. Spain ended up winning the tournament, with Ferran Torres, who has since been mentioned by Donald Trump for his Make Spain Great Again' cap, scoring the winning goal against Argentina.
UK prime minister is the first head of a major nation to call on the under-pressure Fifa president to step down UK politics live latest updates Andy Burnham has called on the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino , to resign over his "outrageous" plans to sell a stake in the World Cup. Infantino faces growing pressure over his proposals, which triggered a backlash among major football bodies and prompted the resignation on Friday of a key advisor. Continue reading...
Plus, UEFA launches a World Cup boycott...
You've got to admire the Fifa president's chutzpah in trying to flog off football's greatest prize. If only Uefa wasn't being so pesky about it all Imagine a plan so distasteful that even the Americans and a Middle Eastern nepo-royal football boss can't be doing with it. Such is the status of Fifa president Gianni Infantino's scheme to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors . More historically, perhaps, the 55 nations that make up Uefa have reacted to this...
Research analysis to be delivered by 11 September Decision on expansion could be taken this year Fifa is pushing ahead with plans to expand the World Cup to 64 teams from 2030 and has opened a tender to research companies to assess the economic benefits on a hugely accelerated timescale. In another twist during a week of astonishing revelations about the global governing body's plans to reshape football, the Guardian has seen a "research brief" outlining a consultation process to assess...
Sepp Blatter left FIFA in 2015 amid a corruption scandal, being replaced by Giovanni Infantino. Infantino remains in charge of FIFA to this day, but recent plans put forward by the president have made him very unpopular.
The two legendary figures of the game were announced as in charge of the Italian national team moving forward...
"I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup."...
Gianni Infantino's senior adviser has quit in protest at moves by the FIFA president to sell off stakes in the World Cup and said it would be bad for football, Sky News can reveal.
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In today's issue: Trump announces deal to disarm Hamas Blanche nomination may be withdrawn Max Miller under fire World Cup boycott President Trump will assemble his Cabinet at Camp David today as he faces mounting struggles with his legislative agenda, a vexing war with Iran and record low approval ratings with the midterm elections less...
Former AC Milan and Italy defender Franco Baresi has died aged 66.
FIFA's plan to try and sell off a portion of the World Cup to private investors has backfired. Following the conclusion of the 2026 tournament in North...
FIFA's statement appeared to attack UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC over their opposition, saying no single entity "can claim to represent" all FIFA members.
ABC News - 6 hours 59 min agoAsia's soccer body has joined opposition to Gianni Infantino's plan for private investors to buy stakes in the World Cup...
There was a time when Antonio Silva's rise to the top appeared an inevitability. He was only 18 years old when he scored his first Champions League goal for Benfica in a 4-3 win over Juventus. He played at the 2022 World Cup for Portugal soon after that.
After UEFA threatened Thursday to boycott the World Cup over FIFA's private equity proposal, FIFA appears ready to stand and fight.
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