GENEVA (AP): FIFA’s chief operating officer said its staff were deceived by their president Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan, and suggested yesterday the project must not go ahead. Zurich-based executive Kevin Lamour all but invited Infantino to fire him in a statement to The Associated Press that defended his colleagues amid intense fallout from the FIFA boss’ plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private equity funds.

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…

Pressure is growing on FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino following proposals for private investment in World Cups.