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  "id": 2950597,
  "title": "Gianni Infantino asked to stay away from youth tournament amid anger at FIFA World Cup sell-off plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/gianni-infantino-asked-to-stay-away-from-youth-tournament-amid-anger",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T05:34:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/gianni-infantino-asked-to-stay-away-from-youth-tournament-amid-anger-at-fifa-world-cup-sell-off-plan/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been informed by CONCACAF leaders that his participation in an under-14s tournament in the Dominican Republic could detract from the event, due to his controversial plan to sell World Cup shares. Infantino arrived in the Caribbean island on Friday, greeted by local officials, despite the concerns raised by the North American and Caribbean region's football confederation. The controversy stems from leaked plans to sell 20% of the World Cup to private investors, which has sparked outrage within CONCACAF. CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani wrote to Infantino, saying that the \"governance crisis\" caused by the scheme would \"undermine\" the technical nature of the tournament. FIFA has not commented on the matter.",
  "summary": "FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been asked to stay away from a youth tournament in a sign of deepening divisions caused by his attempted World Cup sell-off, Sky News has learnt. Mr Infantino was told in a letter on Friday by the region’s football leadership that his presence at the event in the Dominican Republic this […]",
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    "outlets": 11,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Infantino defies FIFA vice president by going to youth event in Caribbean amid global soccer rift",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/infantino-defies-fifa-vice-president-by-going-to-youth-event-in",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:03:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Infantino defies FIFA vice president by going to youth event in Caribbean amid global soccer rift",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/infantino-defies-fifa-vice-president-by-going-to-youth-event-in-2591691",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Infantino defies FIFA vice president by going to youth event in Caribbean amid global soccer rift",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/infantino-defies-fifa-vice-president-by-going-to-youth-event-in-2690040",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:30:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Nordic nations say they have lost confidence in Infantino and FIFA governance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/nordic-nations-say-they-have-lost-confidence-in-infantino-and-fifa",
        "published": "2026-08-23T12:53:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Nordic nations ‘have lost confidence in Infantino’, demand FIFA reforms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/nordic-nations-have-lost-confidence-in-infantino-demand-fifa-reforms",
        "published": "2026-08-23T13:50:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Nordic FAs lose confidence in FIFA chief Gianni Infantino",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/nordic-fas-lose-confidence-in-fifa-chief-gianni-infantino",
        "published": "2026-08-23T15:07:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Nordic nations say they have lost confidence in Infantino and Fifa governance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/nordic-nations-say-they-have-lost-confidence-in-infantino-and-fifa-2825261",
        "published": "2026-08-23T16:16:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Embattled Infantino says FIFA must close financial gap between 'big countries' and 'others'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/embattled-infantino-says-fifa-must-close-financial-gap-between-big",
        "published": "2026-08-23T22:09:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Infantino says FIFA must close financial gap between members",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/infantino-says-fifa-must-close-financial-gap-between-members",
        "published": "2026-08-24T00:59:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Uefa chief Ceferin rules out Fifa presidency bid, warns Infantino faces challenge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/uefa-chief-ceferin-rules-out-fifa-presidency-bid-warns-infantino",
        "published": "2026-08-24T01:03:45.000Z"
      }
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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."
}