{
  "id": 18411,
  "title": "UEFA, CONCACAF target Infantino after FIFA shelves World Cup private investment plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/uefa-concacaf-target-infantino-after-fifa-shelves-world-cup-private",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-01T16:19:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/sports/article/2026/08/01/uefa-targets-infantino-after-fifa-shelves-world-cup-private-investment-plan_6756070_9.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "European football's governing body welcomed the withdrawal of the proposal to allow private investment in the World Cup. But the UEFA said that the FIFA president had lost their and other football family members' 'confidence' with his 'shabby, back room, opaque deal.'",
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    "outlets": 11,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ERR News Estonia",
        "title": "Estonian FA boss on FIFA privatization plan: The sport should be for football people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/estonian-fa-boss-on-fifa-privatization-plan-the-sport-should-be-for",
        "published": "2026-07-31T11:40:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "FIFA World Cup private investment plan explained: Why teams are vowing to boycott the controversial scheme",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/fifa-world-cup-private-investment-plan-explained-why-teams-are-vowing",
        "published": "2026-07-31T19:45:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Vox",
        "title": "Everyone hates FIFA’s plan to sell the World Cup to private equity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/everyone-hates-fifas-plan-to-sell-the-world-cup-to-private-equity",
        "published": "2026-07-31T21:10:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MercoPress",
        "title": "Three confederations reject selling part of the World Cup to private funds; Conmebol asks for explanations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/three-confederations-reject-selling-part-of-the-world-cup-to-private",
        "published": "2026-07-31T22:05:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "UEFA 'rebuilding trust' after FIFA scraps World Cup sell-out plans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/uefa-rebuilding-trust-after-fifa-scraps-world-cup-sell-out-plans",
        "published": "2026-07-31T23:46:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "FIFA scraps private investment plan after backlash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/fifa-scraps-private-investment-plan-after-backlash",
        "published": "2026-08-01T05:30:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "FIFA bins controversial private investment plan after backlash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/fifa-bins-controversial-private-investment-plan-after-backlash",
        "published": "2026-08-01T06:14:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Business",
        "title": "Faisal Islam: Four reasons why Fifa's World Cup plan never stacked up",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/faisal-islam-four-reasons-why-fifas-world-cup-plan-never-stacked-up",
        "published": "2026-08-01T12:41:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Time",
        "title": "FIFA’s Infantino Scraps World Cup Investment Plan. But Is It Too Little, Too Late?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/fifas-infantino-scraps-world-cup-investment-plan-but-is-it-too-little",
        "published": "2026-08-01T18:08:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "FIFA reverses course on World Cup private investment plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/fifa-reverses-course-on-world-cup-private-investment-plan",
        "published": "2026-08-02T00:59:33.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}