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Associated Press

Gianni Infantino threatens to pull Women’s World Cup off-air as stand-off with TV broadcasters continues

Publicly criticising broadcasters for offering too little to screen the Women's World Cup has not worked out yet for FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who is now threatening a blackout in some major European markets.

Infantino has intensified a public stand-off that started last October with a fresh warning to five key countries - England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain - in a statement published less than three months before the tournament starts in Australia and New Zealand.

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