Canada has confirmed they will compete at next month’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland, becoming the latest federation to back participation despite an escalating governance dispute that has engulfed world football.
FIFA Turmoil
The massive football governance dispute was triggered after FIFA president Gianni Infantino proposed and then abandoned a plan to carve off the commercial rights to the World Cup and sell 20% of them to private investors to raise about $4.2 billion.
Europe’s football governing body UEFA reiterated their boycott threat last week, saying conditions had not been satisfied and that they had lost confidence in Infantino’s leadership.
The United States are also expected to take part in the 24-nation tournament, although U.S. Soccer has declined to comment on the matter.
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