FIFA President Gianni Infantino with President of the United States Donald J. Trump during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final match between Spain and Argentina at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 19, 2026,

The Asian Football Confederation has joined the North, Central America and Caribbean football association and UEFA in opposition to FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell stakes in its competitions to private investors.

UEFA will boycott all FIFA competitions, including World Cups, until a controversial proposal to bring in private investment is killed.

This is an updated version of an article that first appeared on The Athletic in May 2025. For an insight into the one-upmanship between FIFA, the world football governing body, and UEFA, its European counterpart,

Uefa has lost confidence in the current Fifa leadership of Gianni Infantino as the fallout from the scrapped controversial investment plan intensified.

The Union of European Football Association (UEFA) on Saturday celebrated FIFA’s decision to not sell a portion of World Cup profits to private equity, after the group threatened to boycott

FIFA faced ​renewed calls for transparency on Saturday after it abruptly shelved plans to sell a stake in the commercial rights to ‌the World Cup, a proposal that triggered fierce backlash from regional confederations that said they had been blindsided.

POLISH football chiefs expect to stage the U-20 Women’s World Cup as planned in September… despite Uefa’s boycott of Fifa competitions. Fifa president Gianni Infantino plunged