{"id":2254,"date":"2026-08-06T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:30:13","slug":"uefa-says-fifa-boycott-remains-despite-infantino-world-cup-selloff-u-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=2254","title":{"rendered":"UEFA says FIFA boycott remains despite Infantino World Cup selloff U-turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"listen-to-article\"><button class=\"listen-to-article__button\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><title>Listen<\/title>Listen (2 mins)<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__update-reading-list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"update-reading-list\">\n<p class=\"update-reading-list__button-text\">Save<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div 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their key conditions for returning.<\/p>\n<p>European football\u2019s governing body voted unanimously last Thursday to withdraw from all FIFA events following the announcement by FIFA President Gianni Infantino that the global body would seek to sell minority stakes in World Cups and other events.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/sports\/2026\/8\/6\/uefa-vice-president-makes-custodian-of-%E2%81%A0the-sport-slant-against-infantino\">UEFA vice president seeks \u2018custodian of \u2060sport\u2019 after FIFA-Infantino furore<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" 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global body\u2019s leadership at a meeting in Morocco on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"2770\" data-end=\"2906\">UEFA, however, has said that the withdrawal of Infantino\u2019s selloff plan was not its only requirement for renewed collaboration with FIFA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUEFA\u2019s associations were very clear about the conditions attached to their non-participation in FIFA competitions,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese conditions have not been met,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA and Infantino tried to present a united front following the high-level summit, saying the president had the full support of those in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Football\u2019s governing body even apologised to its own council and member associations for errors and committed to \u201censure they do not happen again\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA remained dissatisfied and issued a defiant message, pointing clearly to its position on who holds the top job at FIFA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cUEFA made it abundantly clear in its statement on Saturday that it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino\u2019s presidency. That position holds,\u201d Thursday\u2019s statement added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday\u2019s (Wednesday) announcement that some people employed by the FIFA President (and whose careers depend on his favour) agree with him changes nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FIFA did not immediately respond to a request by Al Jazeera for comment.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA confirmed to Al Jazeera on Tuesday that they had issued FIFA with a \u201cdocument preservation letter\u201d \u2013 an action that seeks to ensure that no potential evidence for ongoing or potential future legal action is deleted or destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The continental body\u2019s vice president, Laura McAllister, said earlier Thursday that any future FIFA president should be a \u201c<a href=\"\/sports\/2026\/8\/6\/uefa-vice-president-makes-custodian-of-%E2%81%A0the-sport-slant-against-infantino\">custodian of \u2060the sport<\/a>\u201d capable of uniting world football as pressure grows on the embattled current chief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so much politics around this. There\u2019s such an imperative to get a candidate who could unite the whole world of \u2060football, not just Europe in this case,\u201d McAllister said in an interview with the broadcaster Deutsche Welle.<\/p>\n<p>The first test of UEFA\u2019s boycott of FIFA events comes September 5, when Poland is set to host the FIFA Women\u2019s Under-20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin seen with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez during last season&#8217;s UEFA Champions League [Ana Beltran\/Reuters] By Kevin Hand Published On 6 Aug 20266 Aug 2026 UEFA has issued a statement saying its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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