
Infantino's $8.9B World Cup puts FIFA's grip on soccer on full display
Gianni Infantino turned FIFA's biggest event into a revenue engine, but the same centralization that powers the $8.9 billion Cup keeps critics uneasy.
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Gianni Infantino turned FIFA's biggest event into a revenue engine, but the same centralization that powers the $8.9 billion Cup keeps critics uneasy.
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