NEW YORK (AP) — Senior FIFA adviser Carlos Cordeiro, who represented the soccer body on the White House Task Force for the World Cup, resigned Friday in protest at its private equity plan. “I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup,

UEFA accuses FIFA of selling football's soul through its FIFA Forward Enterprise plan, with reports of a European boycott of the 2030 World Cup.

Spain deployed troops to Ceuta after thousands of migrants swam into the country’s north African enclave from neighbouring Morocco. At least nine people drowned in the surge, which Spain blamed on human trafficking networks. Earlier this month the country’s Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea could not be summarily returned to Morocco.

Pressure is growing on FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino following proposals for private investment in World Cups.

UEFA, European soccer’s 55-member governing body, is set to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA-organized competitions in protest of a $20 billion Wall Street-style takeover of the global game, sources familiar with the matter told The Post.

FIFA's leadership would like to make sure everyone understands how it plans to sell off part of the World Cup.

Even though the World Cup just ended, FIFA has managed to keep itself front and center of the global sports discourse this week.