Cupa României · Midfielder · #15 · Romania · 23 yrs
Change to four-year cycle led to abandonment of 2025 bidCaf has not had long-term financial deal since 2019A deal worth at least $1bn in secured income over eight years was abandoned by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) because the governing body decided to switch the Africa Cup of Nations from a biennial to a four-yearly event, the Guardian can reveal.On 5 July 2025, the eve of the delayed Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, the Caf president, Patrice Motsepe, told the Guardian in Rabat, after a prolonged discussion of the bidding process at an executive committee meeting, that a decision on a winning bid would be made “in due course”. Continue reading...
European football's governing body (UEFA) on Thursday reaffirmed its boycott of the World Cup despite FIFA's apology a day earlier for "errors" over its now-abandoned plan to sell stakes in the tournament to private investors. The proposal, championed by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, has plunged world football's governing body into its biggest governance crisis in years and raised fresh questions about his future as president.
FIFA's leadership reaffirmed its full support for president Gianni Infantino while apologising for its handling of the now-abandoned plan to open the World Cup to private investment, acknowledging the proposal should have been managed differently after triggering a fierce international backlash.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino held emergency talks with other directors of world football's governing body on Wednesday amid continuing criticism over his since-abandoned proposal to open the World Cup to private investment.
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