The Latest Breaking News from World Cup

President Trump Gives One-Word Response to Infantino’s Failed World Cup Plan

Before his plan to sell stakes in FIFA, the president of soccer’s governing body, Gianni Infantino, first came under fire for his close friendship with U.S. President Trump.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 1

Arsenal v Girona LIVE: Dowman and Jesus score as Gunners start to run rampant in Spain

The Gunners are looking to get up to speed before the start of the new season where they will defend their Premier League title

The Independent UK · Aug 1

There can be no letup. Humiliated Infantino must stand down at Fifa or be removed

Uefa’s decisive call for a boycott and declaration of no confidence must be the opening salvos in a concerted push to dethrone the game’s global leader

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1

Burnham says Fifa made ‘right decision’ to scrap World Cup investment plan

Gianni Infantino backtracked overnight on his investment plan.

The Independent UK · Aug 1

UEFA Offers Scathing Gianni Infantino Criticism After FIFA’s World Cup Plan Collapses

Europe’s governing body led the protests against FIFA’s divisive plan.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 1

European football chiefs lose ‘confidence’ in Fifa boss

PARIS - Fifa president Gianni Infantino has lost the “confidence” of European football’s governing body after his plan to allow private investment in the World Cup was withdrawn following a global backlash.

Bangkok Post · Aug 1

Women’s football continues to be used as a pawn in Gianni Infantino’s Fifa tenure

With youth and senior qualifiers on the horizon, Fifa’s aborted plan to sell stakes in its major tournaments would have heavily impacted the women’s game

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1

No go for Infantino: How Fifa's World Cup private investment plan imploded

The planet's most powerful football administrator Gianni Infantino on Saturday yielded to the international collective when he pulled the plug on a plan to allow private investment in the World Cup. His proposals for world football's governing body Fifa to reform its commercial operations had sparked a furious backlash.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 1

Return of the Cosmos: New York's original club are back and looking to build on the World Cup and the legends of Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Raul

Even Pele and Raul couldn’t keep the New York Cosmos from folding twice – FFT headed to the Big Apple to find out if the iconic club’s latest comeback will be different

FourFourTwo · Aug 1

Pressure on Infantino as Uefa loses confidence over World Cup investment plan

Prime Minister Andy Burnham had called the plans to sell stakes to private investors as ‘outrageous’.

The Independent UK · Aug 1