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  "title": "FIFA’s Infantino Scrambles To Save Job After World Cup Equity Plan Backfires",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/fifas-infantino-scrambles-to-save-job-after-world-cup-equity-plan",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-03T17:11:49.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/08/03/fifas-infantino-scrambles-to-save-job-after-world-cup-equity-plan-backfires/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Several governing bodies have said they’ve lost faith in the FIFA president and soccer leadership in England, Wales and Finland have formally withdrawn their support for his reelection.",
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        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Infantino’s $20 billion FIFA plan collapses and now he faces a European mutiny over the future of the World Cup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/infantinos-20-billion-fifa-plan-collapses-and-now-he-faces-a-european",
        "published": "2026-08-02T13:28:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "FIFA must rebuild trust after scrapping World Cup investor proposal, says Boyce",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/fifa-must-rebuild-trust-after-scrapping-world-cup-investor-proposal",
        "published": "2026-08-02T17:22:49.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Fifa must rebuild trust after scrapping World Cup investor proposal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/fifa-must-rebuild-trust-after-scrapping-world-cup-investor-proposal-62278",
        "published": "2026-08-02T22:35:38.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Two women led the resistance to Infantino’s World Cup sell-off. That matters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/two-women-led-the-resistance-to-infantinos-world-cup-sell-off-that",
        "published": "2026-08-03T04:16:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Infantino under growing pressure after FIFA scraps World Cup investor proposal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/infantino-under-growing-pressure-after-fifa-scraps-world-cup-investor",
        "published": "2026-08-03T06:41:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Uefa threatens Fifa with legal action over investment plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/uefa-threatens-fifa-with-legal-action-over-investment-plan",
        "published": "2026-08-03T07:49:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Private Equity Wire",
        "title": "FIFA drops proposed $20bn commercial venture after opposition derails private investment plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/fifa-drops-proposed-20bn-commercial-venture-after-opposition-derails",
        "published": "2026-08-03T08:09:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "FIFA backs off World Cup private equity pitch after global fury: 5 things to know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/fifa-backs-off-world-cup-private-equity-pitch-after-global-fury-5",
        "published": "2026-08-03T10:00:00.000Z"
      }
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