{
  "id": 27757,
  "title": "Soccer-Infantino faces crisis as UEFA, CONCACAF declare lost confidence over scrapped World Cup deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/soccer-infantino-faces-crisis-as-uefa-concacaf-declare-lost",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-01T07:46:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/soccer-infantino-faces-crisis-uefa-concacaf-declare-lost-confidence-over-scrapped"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Aug 1 (Reuters) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino is under unprecedented fire after regional confederations UEFA and CONCACAF said on Saturday they had lost confidence in his leadership following his abandoned plan to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights. The dramatic fallout from Infantino's scrapped $4.2-billion proposal has exposed growing unease within world soccer over his leadership…",
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    "outlets": 3,
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      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Infantino has 'lost UEFA's confidence' as plan crumbles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/infantino-has-lost-uefas-confidence-as-plan-crumbles",
        "published": "2026-08-01T09:57:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "UEFA declares to have 'lost confidence' in Infantino over 'shabby, back room, opaque deal'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/uefa-declares-to-have-lost-confidence-in-infantino-over-shabby-back",
        "published": "2026-08-01T20:32:21.000Z"
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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."
}