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UEFA World Cup boycott may be raised over FIFA plan

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UEFA World Cup boycott may be raised over FIFA plan

Six of the eight quarter-finalists - and the winners, Spain - at this summer's World Cup were European.

Football's world governing body has said it wants to create a new commercial subsidiary to run its main events, including the World Cup, and external investors will be able to buy stakes in it.

This latest escalation extends a difficult relationship between Fifa and Uefa, which responded angrily to attempts to host the World Cup every two years when the idea was floated by former Arsenal manager and Fifa's current chief of global football development Arsene Wenger in 2021.

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