UEFA maintains its boycott of World Cups and reaffirms its distrust of Gianni Infantino despite the abandonment of FIFA's project

UEFA maintains its boycott of World Cups and reaffirms its distrust of Gianni Infantino despite the abandonment of FIFA's project 06.08.2026

UEFA announced on Thursday, August 6, that it would maintain its boycott of FIFA competitions, including the World Cups, despite FIFA abandoning its project to sell stakes to private investors. In a statement sent to AFP, the European organization demands "that assurances be made that such attempts to disfigure football in this manner can never happen again." UEFA considers that "these conditions have not been met" and reaffirms "having lost confidence in the presidency of Gianni Infantino."

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