BREAKING: UEFA countries unanimously in support of boycotting World Cup in protest at FIFA's plan to sell stakes in tournament to private investors, say sources.
Decision taken at emergency virtual meeting
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BREAKING: UEFA sources tell @talkSPORT all 55 Member Associations have decided to boycott the men's and women's World Cups in protest at Gianni Infantino's Fifa Forward Enterprise plans.
UEFA members agreed on an emergency call that began around 2pm today that they will not support any FIFA-run tournament.
🎩 @martynziegler, who first broke the story.
Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.
Cruz: On behalf of all Americans, thank you for getting rid of that ridiculous red card.
President Trump: That was interesting.
Cruz: It was spectacular. There was a reason the FIFA trophy sat here for as long as it did
This makes a mockery of the whole tournament.
If the USMNT win, Belgium will have every right to feel cheated, meanwhile the USA’s victory - by their best ever generation of players - will forever be tainted by accusations of favouritism and corruption.
It’s bad for everyone.
0 - Since the introduction of yellow and red cards at the 1970 edition, no player has ever received a red card and gone on to play in his team's next match at the FIFA World Cup.
Unprecedented.
ITV panel on Folarin Balogun having his ban suspended:
Roy Keane: ‘It seems unfair, because it is unfair. It’s a pals act.’
Gary Neville: ‘It absolutely stinks. But are we surprised with this lot?’
Ian Wright: ‘Some things that have happened at this World Cup are shameful.’