July 28 : FIFA said on Tuesday it plans to create a $20 billion subsidiary to run the World Cup and its other events and will offer stakes of up to 20 per cent in it to external investors, a move that provoked a furious response from UEFA, who accused world soccer's governing body of putting the game's "soul" up for

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FIFA confirmed plans to raise $4.2 billion for a new entity controlling the nonprofit’s “commercial and event operations” at a $20 billion equity valuation.