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FIFA to give council members access to documents on abandoned World Cup sell-off plan
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FIFA will let members of its ruling council view some documents on Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in future World Cups to private investors. Sky News and the BBC report the plan was abandoned, and Al Jazeera reports it was dropped in July amid a worldwide backlash. The BBC and Al Jazeera report that council members must register within two weeks and may view selected papers only in person at FIFA’s Zurich headquarters, under confidentiality conditions. The BBC and Al Jazeera report that the access follows a UEFA deadline of 2 November for FIFA to release details and answer questions about the proposal. The BBC says it is unclear which documents will be made available, and Al Jazeera reports they will not be shared with the public.
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FIFA will give ruling council members access to some documents related to the abandoned sell-off plan.
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- Al Jazeera English
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- Sky News, BBC News
Council members can view the documents only in person at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, under confidentiality conditions.
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- Al Jazeera English
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- BBC News
Council members must register within two weeks to see the paperwork, according to the BBC and Al Jazeera reports.
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- Al Jazeera English
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- BBC News
The plan would have sold stakes in future World Cups to private investors and was dropped in July.
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- Al Jazeera English
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- BBC News
UEFA set a deadline of 2 November for FIFA to release details of the proposal and answer questions on it.
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- Al Jazeera English
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- BBC News
Reports say the documents will not be shared with the public.
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All sides report that FIFA will give council members access to some documents on the abandoned sell-off plan, viewable only in person in Zurich. The centre stresses the confidential, partial release and the failed plan, while the left stresses that the public will not see the papers and calls the plan doomed.
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The headline presents the step as FIFA sharing documents, while the description calls Infantino’s plan doomed and stresses that the material will stay out of public view.
FIFA to share documents related to World Cup sell-off plan
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Headlines frame the story as FIFA sharing or partially releasing documents with its council, with the BBC stressing that the documents are confidential.
Fifa to share confidential World Cup sell-off plan documents
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doomed plan
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doomed planMore neutral: abandoned plan
Calling the plan doomed passes a verdict on its outcome, while the plain fact is that it was abandoned.
FIFA Council members may view documents related to Gianni Infantino's doomed plan, but only in person in Zurich
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- Documents kept from the public
- Strict in-person conditions
- Infantino’s doomed plan
- Questions on how the plan was approved
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- That it is unclear which documents will be made available
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FIFA to share documents related to World Cup sell-off plan
FIFA Council members may view documents related to Gianni Infantino's Loaded modifier“doomed plan”Calling the plan doomed passes a verdict on its outcome, while the plain fact is that it was abandoned.More neutral: abandoned planDisagree with this highlight?, but only in person in Zurich
From the center
2 outletsLeads with
- Access for council members
- Confidential, partial release
- Infantino’s failed plan
- UEFA’s deadline
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- The $4.2bn value of the scheme
Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.
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- BBC NewsCenter
Fifa to share confidential World Cup sell-off plan documents
Fifa has informed members of its Council that they will be granted access to view some documents related to president Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
- Sky NewsCenter
FIFA to partially release documents relating to World Cup sell-off plan
FIFA will give members of its ruling council access to some documents for the first time related to the World Cup sell-off, Sky News understands.
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17 hr 16 min later
Its first report, Nov 3, 3:27 AM EST
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Sky News, Nov 2, 10:11 AM EST
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- Sky NewsCenterNov 2, 10:11 AM EST
- BBC NewsCenterNov 2, 3:00 PM EST
- Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 3, 3:27 AM EST
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