Fifa scraps controversial World Cup investment plan
Fifa's next president will be confirmed at the organisation's 77th Congress in Morocco next March. Candidates have until 18 November to put their names forward.Prior to this week, it had been anticipated Infantino would be re-elected unopposed. "I will understand and respect that decision.
- ▪Fifa's next president will be confirmed at the organisation's 77th Congress in Morocco next March.
- ▪Candidates have until 18 November to put their names forward.Prior to this week, it had been anticipated Infantino would be re-elected unopposed.
- ▪"I will understand and respect that decision.
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Fifa scraps controversial World Cup investment planImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Gianni Infantino has been the president of Fifa since February 2016ByJack Skelton, BBC Sport senior journalist and Simon Stone, Chief football news reporterPublished1 August 2026, 00:30 BSTUpdated 45 minutes agoFifa president Gianni Infantino says he has scrapped the controversial plan to sell off stakes in the governing body's major competitions, following widespread opposition.Infantino said it had become clear the project had "created divisions" that are "no longer in the interest" of its original objective.The Swiss official added: "As a result, this proposal will not proceed."Infantino had offered all 211 member associations $40m (£30m) if they backed a proposal for private investment in its…
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