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  "id": 3517737,
  "title": "Reports: UEFA Backs off FIFA Boycott Threat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/reports-uefa-backs-off-fifa-boycott-threat-3517737",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T13:56:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tempo.co English",
    "slug": "tempo-co-english",
    "url": "https://en.tempo.co/read/2118365/reports-uefa-backs-off-fifa-boycott-threat"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UEFA has dropped its threat to boycott FIFA tournaments, according to reports from Tempo.co English, The Times, the Guardian, and Reuters. The decision allows European teams to participate in the Under-20 Women's World Cup in Poland next month, after FIFA dropped its plan to sell a stake in FIFA tournaments to private investors. UEFA had demanded assurances that such attempts to disfigure the game will never be made again, and it appears these demands have been met. UEFA will inform its 55 national associations of the tournament's go-ahead at a meeting in Monaco on Thursday.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Uefa poised to lift boycott threat after Fifa promises no World Cup sale repeat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/uefa-poised-to-lift-boycott-threat-after-fifa-promises-no-world-cup",
        "published": "2026-08-26T11:16:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "UEFA set to drop FIFA boycott threat, sources say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/uefa-set-to-drop-fifa-boycott-threat-sources-say",
        "published": "2026-08-26T12:41:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "UEFA set to drop FIFA boycott threat, sources say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/uefa-set-to-drop-fifa-boycott-threat-sources-say-3511310",
        "published": "2026-08-26T12:45:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Uefa set to call off World Cup boycott after failed Fifa sell-off plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/uefa-set-to-call-off-world-cup-boycott-after-failed-fifa-sell-off-plan",
        "published": "2026-08-26T13:03:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Reports: UEFA backs off FIFA boycott threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/reports-uefa-backs-off-fifa-boycott-threat",
        "published": "2026-08-26T13:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Uefa set to drop Fifa tournament boycott threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/uefa-set-to-drop-fifa-tournament-boycott-threat",
        "published": "2026-08-26T13:31:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "UEFA to drop FIFA boycott threat over World Cup stake plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/uefa-to-drop-fifa-boycott-threat-over-world-cup-stake-plan",
        "published": "2026-08-26T14:56:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Uefa set to drop Fifa tournament boycott threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/uefa-set-to-drop-fifa-tournament-boycott-threat-3534976",
        "published": "2026-08-26T15:13:54.000Z"
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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."
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