{
  "id": 4756248,
  "title": "Kushner blames football’s power struggle for World Cup plan collapse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/kushner-blames-footballs-power-struggle-for-world-cup-plan-collapse",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-01T00:27:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/09/01/kushner-blames-football-s-power-struggle-for-world-cup-plan-collapse"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Thrive Capital's Joshua Kushner has blamed internal power struggles in global football for the collapse of a proposed World Cup stake sale plan. The venture capitalist, brother of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, admitted his firm would not have participated in the deal if it had foreseen the resulting backlash. The plan, known as Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE), aimed to bring private investment into FIFA events by selling shares in a US$20 billion commercial subsidiary. This would have raised US$4.2 billion for poorer football-playing nations, with member associations able to vote against it if they disagreed. However, critics accused the plan of being a secretive attempt to profit investors. Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin called the proposal \"a shady, opaque backroom deal\" and called for Infantino's removal, accusing him of \"criminal mismanagement.\" Uefa is investigating the matter and has reportedly sought to subpoena Kushner and Thrive Capital for documents and testimony.",
  "summary": "Investor Joshua Kushner, brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law, admits his firm would have stayed out if it had anticipated the backlash.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Kushner blames football’s power struggle for World Cup plan collapse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/kushner-blames-footballs-power-struggle-for-world-cup-plan-collapse-4760610",
        "published": "2026-09-01T00:27:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "2030 World Cup to remain on SBS, the ‘spiritual home of football’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/2030-world-cup-to-remain-on-sbs-the-spiritual-home-of-football",
        "published": "2026-09-01T03:09:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "2030 World Cup to remain on SBS, the ‘spiritual home of football’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/2030-world-cup-to-remain-on-sbs-the-spiritual-home-of-football-4776492",
        "published": "2026-09-01T03:09:37.000Z"
      }
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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."
}