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Fifa scraps plan to sell World Cup stakes after backlash

Gianni Infantino has confirmed that the controversial proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors has been scrapped.

The decision comes after widespread backlash, including a threat of boycott from Uefa and the resignation of senior advisor Carlos Cordeiro. sport-ipl.my

Fifa president Infantino admitted the plan "has created divisions of a nature that are no longer of the interest of the objective".