Prime Minister Mark Carney says Gianni Infantino's decision to not disclose to FIFA's top advisers and officials a proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors "should be fatal" to his position at the head of the organization.
FIFA said Tuesday it plans to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a semi-private subsidiary. The decision marks a dramatic attempt to reshape the commercial landscape of global football, while opening a new front in a long-running battle with Europe for control over the massive wealth generated by the sport.
Hibernian's European disappointment will be "instantly forgotten about" if they manage to get a big result when they welcome Malisheva to Easter Road next week. David Gray's side were beaten 2-0 in Kosovo on Thursday afternoon in the first leg of the Conference League second qualifying round, in one of the Edinburgh club's worst ever results. "I've been going back in my head to where I think you have to judge them at the end of the two games," he told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.
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