UEFA had threatened to boycott FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup, unless Gianni Infantino withdrew his plans to sell stakes in FIFA competitions to private equity investors.

The new initiative is the second time Infantino has attempted to privatise football assets, with the first being in 2018 where the FIFA chief proposed a multi-billion dollar…

Gianni Infantino is accused of trying to sell "the soul of football" over plans to sell a minority stake in the commercial business behind the Cup, with Joshua Kushner's…