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EU complaint targets FIFA over aborted World Cup rights plan

9/9/2026

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EU sports commissioner Glenn Micallef condemned FIFA's aborted plan to sell World Cup commercial rights.
European leagues' umbrella group lodged a competition complaint with the EU Commission, adding women's football.
Human rights group FairSquare filed an updated ethics complaint on Gianni Infantino, backed by over 100,000 signatures.
The complaint cites eight ethics breaches, four new, including World Cup privatization and reversing Folarin Balogun's red-card ban.

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EU sports commissioner Glenn Micallef condemned FIFA's aborted plan to sell World Cup commercial rights.
European leagues' umbrella group lodged a competition complaint with the EU Commission, adding women's football.
Human rights group FairSquare filed an updated ethics complaint on Gianni Infantino, backed by over 100,000 signatures.
The complaint cites eight ethics breaches, four new, including World Cup privatization and reversing Folarin Balogun's red-card ban.