{"id":311186,"date":"2026-07-31T22:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/311186\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T22:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:29:07","slug":"fifa-has-scrapped-20-billion-world-cup-sell-off-plan-new-york-post-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/311186\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Has Scrapped $20 Billion World Cup Sell-Off Plan, New York Post Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 31 (Reuters) &#8211; \u2060FIFA&#8217;s \u2060plan to \u2060sell a piece of \u200bits business empire \u200cto outside investors has \u200ccollapsed \u2060following \u2060an open revolt by soccer officials \u200bworldwide and a major rift among top \u200bFIFA executives, the New \u2060York Post \u2060reported on \u2060Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, \u200bin which FIFA had \u200baimed to \u2060raise up to $4.2 billion by selling a \u2060roughly 20% stake in the group, valuing \u2060the new arm at $20 billion, is no longer active, the report said, citing four sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters \u2060could not immediately verify the report.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Mexico \u200bCity; Editing by \u200bMark Porter)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Photos You Should See \u2013 June 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785536947_252_june-26-pyss-u01.jpg\" alt=\"A woman's hand presses against a plastic sheet used to replace the shattered glass of a balcony door damaged in an Israeli strike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar)\" class=\"Image__PictureImage-sc-412cjc-1 bBgODV Image-sc-412cjc-2 SlideshowEmbed__Picture-fkpjfn-0 kQDDcT bUlaJL\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 31 (Reuters) &#8211; \u2060FIFA&#8217;s \u2060plan to \u2060sell a piece of \u200bits business empire \u200cto outside investors has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9489,10585,80927,42299,5886,10601,9,11,10,21538,4764,400,34204,5878,901,14771,1076],"class_list":["post-311186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-africa","tag-canada","tag-collections-world","tag-czech-republic","tag-europe","tag-funds","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-poland","tag-reuters","tag-soccer","tag-switzerland","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states","tag-world-cup","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}