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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"UEFA Stands Firm: Infantino Boycott Looms Despite FIFA Withdrawal of Support","uefa-says-boycott-may-still-go-ahead-as-fifa-backing-changes-nothing","football","Football: Analysis","Elena Rossi","UEFA insists FIFA's撤回 backing of Gianni Infantino changes nothing as the European body prepares to press ahead with its planned boycott.","2026-08-06 16:31:38","2 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fuefa-says-boycott-may-still-go-ahead-as-fifa-backing-changes-nothing.webp",[93,94,95],"UEFA","FIFA","Gianni Infantino","## FIFA Statement Changes Nothing\n\nUEFA has rejected FIFA’s recent public defense of Gianni Infantino, stating the organization’s backing “changes nothing” and that the conditions required to call off the boycott remain unmet. The European governing body emphasized that despite FIFA’s statement on Wednesday night, it has not been provided with any certainty that the crisis of the past nine days will not recur.\n\nThe dispute originated from Infantino’s privately funded Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) scheme. Last week, UEFA’s 55 member associations agreed to boycott FIFA tournaments if Infantino did not withdraw the plan. Although the FFE was scrapped last Friday, UEFA insisted that the terms necessary to avert the boycott have not been satisfied.\n\nThis stance adds to the institutional pressure on Infantino, who has faced growing dissent since the controversy began. The continued standoff suggests that the withdrawal of the FFE alone is insufficient to reconcile the relationship between European football’s governing body and FIFA’s leadership.\n\n> *Updated: 2026-08-07 - UEFA maintains boycott threat, stating FIFA's statement changes nothing and conditions remain unmet.*","\u002Farticles\u002Fuefa-says-boycott-may-still-go-ahead-as-fifa-backing-changes-nothing",[99,100,101,102,85,103,104,105,106,107],"analysis","basketball","cricket","f1","general","golf","mma","long-reads","tennis",[109,123,134],{"id":110,"stem":110,"path":111,"title":112,"category":85,"badge":113,"badgeType":114,"author":115,"authorRole":116,"authorInitials":117,"date":118,"readTime":119,"image":120,"imageAlt":112,"tags":121,"excerpt":122},"trump-present-world-cup-trophy-infantino","\u002Farticles\u002Ftrump-present-world-cup-trophy-infantino","Trump Will Hand Over World Cup Trophy at Final, Infantino Confirms","Feature","category","Marcus Wright","SportPulse Contributor","MW","2026-06-25 08:02:35","5 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fi.guim.co.uk\u002Fimg\u002Fmedia\u002F8f56ef13fa1e86c806273fe2a27556098b5b85f4\u002F631_0_6309_5047\u002Fmaster\u002F6309.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dcbed52841ed4597aaf568e8d21b2206","FIFA World Cup","FIFA president confirms US president will share trophy-presenting duties at the July 19 final despite skipping every match.",{"id":124,"stem":124,"path":125,"title":126,"category":85,"badge":113,"badgeType":114,"author":127,"authorRole":128,"authorInitials":129,"date":130,"readTime":119,"image":131,"imageAlt":126,"tags":132,"excerpt":133},"mexico-grassroots-football-pitches-2026-world-cup","\u002Farticles\u002Fmexico-grassroots-football-pitches-2026-world-cup","Volcanoes, Underpasses, and Dreams: Mexico's Pitches Tell a Football Nation's Story","James Chen","Senior Football Analyst","JC","2026-07-01 20:05:18","https:\u002F\u002Fi.guim.co.uk\u002Fimg\u002Fmedia\u002Ffb6eb32950f3a5e314a20ff09a4b4cce8a785b84\u002F828_0_4567_3656\u002Fmaster\u002F4567.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7cc93f9cdf59d9b45dccc30e0ef5cab2","FIFA World Cup 2026, Mexico, Liga MX","As Mexico prepares to co-host the 2026 World Cup, its grassroots pitches reveal the raw soul of a football nation.",{"id":135,"stem":135,"path":136,"title":137,"category":85,"badge":138,"badgeType":114,"author":115,"authorRole":116,"authorInitials":117,"date":139,"readTime":119,"image":140,"imageAlt":137,"tags":141,"excerpt":142},"vaughan-stokes-captaincy-curfew-travesty","\u002Farticles\u002Fvaughan-stokes-captaincy-curfew-travesty","Vaughan: Stripping Stokes of Captaincy Would Be a Travesty","Opinion","2026-06-29 07:33:43","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002F9d90\u002Flive\u002F8d72d820-6a5e-11f1-b7aa-49f3a4d630f8.jpg","Cricket, England Cricket, Test Cricket, Ashes","Michael Vaughan blasts suggestions Ben Stokes could lose the England captaincy over a midnight curfew breach as an absolute travesty."]