{"id":4161,"date":"2026-08-01T14:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:31:36","slug":"fifa-scraps-controversial-world-cup-investment-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/fifa-scraps-controversial-world-cup-investment-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Scraps Controversial World Cup Investment Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world football governing body FIFA has decided to scrap its controversial plan to sell stakes in future World Cup tournaments to the private sector. FIFA President <em>Gianni Infantino<\/em> announced the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move comes after strong opposition from football fans worldwide and various regional football associations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIFA had planned to raise around <em>$4.2 billion<\/em> by selling 20% stake in a new FIFA group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>UEFA<\/em>, the European football body, had warned that the plan would damage the very soul and governance system of football. UEFA had even threatened to boycott future World Cups. <em>CONCACAF<\/em> also rejected the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid the controversy, Infantino\u2019s senior advisor <em>Carlos Cordeiro<\/em> resigned in protest. FIFA COO <em>Kevin Lamour<\/em> also opposed the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Infantino said that after hearing everyone\u2019s views, the proposal is being withdrawn to remove the division it had created in the football world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa<\/em>, President of the Asian Football Confederation, welcomed FIFA\u2019s decision and said that the future of football should always be based on discussion and united decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIFA clarified that protecting the unity and tradition of the game is their main objective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world football governing body FIFA has decided to scrap its controversial plan to sell&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4163,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161\/revisions\/4163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}