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๐Ÿ”ด FIFA crisis: UEFA maintains its boycott of World Cups

European soccer's governing body has retained its threat to boycott FIFA competitions despite FIFA apologising for its failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. UEFA on Thursday reiterated that it had lost confidence in FIFA president Gianni Infantino and said conditions to withdraw its boycott threat had not been met. โ€œUEFAโ€™s associations were very clear about the conditions attached to the non participation in FIFA competitions," it said in a statement. "First, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again." โ€œThese conditions have not been met. In addition, UEFA made it abundantly clear in itโ€™s statement on Saturday that it has lost confidence i
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