📰 FIFA

Off The Pitch

Off The Pitch reads FIFA's Transfer System 2027 as leaving no compensation formula on either side after the Diarra ruling.

The Athletic

The American soccer market for Wrexham and Birmingham after the World Cup.

Front Office Sports

Further reading from the day's section on FIFA in court and repriced sports franchises.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on FIFA in court and repriced sports franchises.

Global Game HQ

The Premier League opened 33 days after the World Cup final, running simultaneous watch parties in 15 US cities.

ESPN

Further reading from the day's section on sports as an asset class.

JohnWallStreet

Lenovo put 25,000 devices and 350 engineers across 600 World Cup sites and generated 20 billion impressions from the opening goal alone.

SportBusiness

UEFA, the AFC and Concacaf are pushing for Gianni Infantino's resignation.

The Times

Infantino is backing CONMEBOL's push for a 64-team 2030 World Cup to lock in South American votes.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on FIFA's revolt, prediction markets and the money behind sports.

SportBusiness

Having abandoned a $4.2B private-investment vehicle, FIFA's ideas for growth include 64-team expansion, winter World Cups and hydration breaks.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's reading list.

SportBusiness

With its $4.2B private-investment vehicle dead, FIFA's growth ideas include streamers, 64-team expansion, winter World Cups and hydration breaks.

The Athletic

UEFA, Concacaf and the AFC jointly called for Infantino's resignation, and Trump said removing him would be a terrible mistake.

The Athletic

FIFA scrapped its $4.2 billion deal to sell 21% of its commercial operations to Josh Kushner's Thrive Eternal after UEFA, Concacaf and the AFC rejected it.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on sports business, public markets and private leagues.

Elections

Semafor

FIFA abandoned its plan to spin off its commercial arm as a $20 billion private entity after a revolt across world soccer and a UEFA boycott threat.

Puck

Further reading from the day's section on FIFA's failed World Cup sale and the week in sport.

Puck

Further reading from the day's section on FIFA's failed World Cup sale and the week in sport.

The Athletic

As of Friday night, Gianni Infantino's plan to sell up to 21% of a new World Cup entity to private shareholders is dead.

The Athletic

UEFA's 55 member associations voted to boycott all FIFA competitions, men's and women's, including the upcoming Women's World Cup.

The Athletic

Concacaf rejected the plan, as did the Asian Football Confederation, together with UEFA close to two-thirds of FIFA's 211 members.

Defector

A surprised review of LA Metro during the World Cup, and what a $1.75 fare with ten-minute frequencies actually buys.

The Athletic

FIFA plans to spin its commercial operations into FIFA Forward Enterprise and sell roughly 20% at a $20B valuation to raise up to $4.2B.

The Athletic

JPMorgan is running FIFA's stake sale, with Josh Kushner's Thrive reported to be in talks to lead.

The Athletic

Infantino defended the stake sale as a golden opportunity after UEFA voted to boycott the World Cup and all FIFA competitions.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on FIFA's stake sale and sports business.

ESPN

The World Cup final drew 62.8m US viewers, the most-watched soccer match in American TV history, and Fox averaged 7.74m, up 116% from Qatar.

Forbes

Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the World Cup hangover.

Digiday

Further reading from the day's section on the World Cup's final accounting and prediction markets.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on the World Cup's final accounting and prediction markets.

Stadium financing

Defector

The MetLife sod was too dry and slow for elite soccer but fit to be cut up and sold, at $450 to $3,000, for a potential $11.2M.

Defector

Further reading from the day's section on the World Cup's aftermath and legacy.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on the World Cup's aftermath and legacy.

Digiday

Digiday argues Haaland and Zlatan represent athletes in direct conversation with fandom.

The Athletic

Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in extra time, and The Athletic's verdict on Argentina's conduct, for behavior rather than scoreline, is unhedged.

The Athletic

The Athletic called Fox's final broadcast Super Bowl-like and credited studio host Rebecca Lowe with making Zlatan Ibrahimović a TV star.

Film and TV

Business Insider

Gianni Infantino's private jet mileage during the tournament came to roughly three times the Earth's circumference.

The Athletic

Argentina played Spain in the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium: the holders against the European champions.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on World Cup final day.