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All 55 UEFA member associations voted unanimously on Thursday to boycott FIFA competitions, including the men's and women's World Cups, in protest at FIFA President Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in its tournaments to private investors.

All 55 UEFA member associations voted unanimously on Thursday to boycott FIFA competitions, including the men's and women's World Cups, in protest at FIFA President Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in its tournaments to private investors.

FIFA's plan would create a commercial subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise, with private investors holding a 20% stake in a structure valued at $20 billion. Thrive Eternal, a venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner — brother of Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump — is expected to lead the investor group.

FIFA's plan would create a commercial subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise, with private investors holding a 20% stake in a structure valued at $20 billion. Thrive Eternal, a venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner — brother of Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump — is expected to lead the investor group.

To secure approval from FIFA's 211 member associations, Infantino offered each federation $20 million in initial funding, with projected total payments of $86 million through 2038, setting a mid-September deadline for acceptance. Investment bank J.P. Morgan is serving as FIFA's financial adviser on the project.

To secure approval from FIFA's 211 member associations, Infantino offered each federation $20 million in initial funding, with projected total payments of $86 million through 2038, setting a mid-September deadline for acceptance. Investment bank J.P. Morgan is serving as FIFA's financial adviser on the project.

UEFA condemned the proposal as having been "conceived in secret" without meaningful consultation, calling it "an abdication of FIFA's duty as the custodian of world football." The Asian Football Confederation and CONCACAF, which represents 41 nations in North and Central America and the Caribbean, also expressed opposition to the plan.

UEFA condemned the proposal as having been "conceived in secret" without meaningful consultation, calling it "an abdication of FIFA's duty as the custodian of world football." The Asian Football Confederation and CONCACAF, which represents 41 nations in North and Central America and the Caribbean, also expressed opposition to the plan.

The boycott's first test at a senior level is expected in October, when the Women's World Cup play-offs are scheduled, while the Women's Under-20 World Cup in Poland, beginning Sept. 5, represents the earliest age-group tournament affected.

The boycott's first test at a senior level is expected in October, when the Women's World Cup play-offs are scheduled, while the Women's Under-20 World Cup in Poland, beginning Sept. 5, represents the earliest age-group tournament affected.

UEFA's boycott threat mirrors a tactic it previously used in 2021, when it compelled FIFA to abandon a proposal to hold the World Cup every two years. Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter also criticized the current plan, telling Reuters that "football belongs to no individual and to no institution — it belongs to the people."

UEFA's boycott threat mirrors a tactic it previously used in 2021, when it compelled FIFA to abandon a proposal to hold the World Cup every two years. Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter also criticized the current plan, telling Reuters that "football belongs to no individual and to no institution — it belongs to the people."

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