July 31 (Reuters) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Friday world soccer’s governing body has scrapped plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors after widespread backlash.
“Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place,” Infantino said.
(Reporting by Chris Thomas in Mexico City, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien)