World Cup Boycott Proposed as Opposition to Controversial FIFA Private Investment Plan Grows
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Opposition is growing in the soccer world to a plan by the sport’s governing body, FIFA, to spin off its events, principally the World Cup, as a separate commercial entity and invite investors to take a stake in it. The new company, FIFA Forward Enterprise, has been valued at about $20 billion. FIFA would seek […]
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Opposition is growing in the soccer world to a plan by the sport’s governing body, FIFA, to spin off its events, principally the World Cup, as a separate commercial entity and invite investors to take a stake in it.
The new company, FIFA Forward Enterprise, has been valued at about $20 billion. FIFA would seek […]
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