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Infantino proposes external FIFA governance review amid fallout over abandoned World Cup sell-off
September 24, 2026 at 06:30 PM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 8 hours
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed an external governance review as UEFA and other critics press for accountability over the abandoned World Cup commercial-rights sell-off.
- Infantino wrote to all 211 member associations proposing an external review of FIFA's governance framework at the council's 15 October meeting.
- Ceferin said the project "may have been cancelled, but the trust it destroyed has not returned."
- FA chair Debbie Hewitt demanded release of all documents on the abandoned FFE scheme and the lifting of Folarin Balogun's suspension.
- Neuendorf called the governance review offer a "transparent ploy" to secure Infantino's re-election.