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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7487352/2026/08/02/uefa-fifa-legal-action-gianni-infantino/

“FIFA announced plans on Tuesday to sell a significant minority stake to private investors in a new entity that it, as a non-profit organisation, was setting up to run its main events, such as the World Cups and Club World Cups. FIFA wanted to sell a fifth of the new entity, called FIFA Forward Enterprises (FFE), to an investor group led by Thrive Eternal — a U.S. investment fund run by Kushner — for $4.2billion (£3.1bn).”

“FIFA and Infantino scrapped the proposals on Friday following significant backlash, including from UEFA, who vowed to boycott the World Cup in protest.”

In addition, UEFA has expressed its support for the removal of Infantino, while CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation also nearly unanimously rejected the FFE. The US rejected the FFE, but President Trump remains supportive of Infantino.

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Josh Kushner is the brother of Jared Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the current President of the United States.

8/21 drop your low yield stuff!

[Thamel] NEWS: Tennessee and Alabama will both wear their home jerseys for the games between the rivals in 2026 and 2027, per ESPN sources. This will mark the first time since 1970 that they wore Alabama crimson and Tennessee orange in the game, a longstanding tradition to that point.

[Schultz] Sources: The #Seahawks are signing 2x Pro Bowl CB Trevon Diggs. Diggs, who’s still just 27 years old, has 20 career INTs and 63 passes defensed and is set to compete for a role in a secondary dealing with injuries.

[Fabrizio] EXCLUSIVE: Inter agree deal to sign Curtis Jones from Liverpool, here we go!

Thoughts? Think we could use them both. Great minds, still decent players

[Rapsheet] The #Seahawks ’ are still planning to sign CB Terrion Arnold but are working through the timing and it will take a while, sources tell me and @MikeGarafolo. Arnold will be placed on the commissioner’s exempt list when he signs, meaning he’d be ineligible to play or practice.

[Rapsheet] The #Giants are signing free agent RB Najee Harris to a 1-year deal, per me and @MikeGarafolo, as NYG adds another veteran to their backfield. Harris’ season with the #Chargers last year was cut short because of an Achilles tear. Now fully healthy, he lands in NY.

[Passan] The San Francisco Giants are calling up left-hander Matt "Tugboat" Wilkinson, sources tell ESPN. Wilkinson, acquired in the Patrick Bailey trade, was a 10th-round pick out of junior college and has allowed just 59 hits in 90 innings this season while striking out 96.

[Fabrizio] BREAKING: RODRI TO BARCELONA, HERE WE GO!

[Schefter] Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota suffered a sprained MCL that is now likely to sideline him for the remainder of the preseason, per sources.

[Schefter] Now that Devon Witherspoon’s deal is done, the market also has been reset for Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez, who also is looking for a new deal and has the same agent, Reggie Johnson, as Witherspoon. The Patriots and Gonzalez have not made much progress so far.

[Schultz] The #Seahawks and All-Pro CB Devon Witherspoon have agreed to a 4-year, $132M extension with $101M guaranteed, per sources.

[Rapoport] Defensive tackle Keeanu Benton and the #Steelers have agreed to a four-year, $72M contract extension, sources say. This deal, worth $18M per year, will make Benton the highest paid DL in Steelers history.

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Patriots signed veteran RB Hassan Haskins

Josh Kushner, who the Lakers are being sold to per multiple reports, is the same person behind the highly controversial plan to sell off a minority stake called the FIFA Forward Enterprise, which was widely criticized and rejected by multiple continental football confederations.

OFFICIAL: We're delighted to confirm the signing of Gerónimo Rulli, subject to international clearance

Kevin O’Connell on the Rich Eisen show, September 2024: “I believe organizations fail young quarterbacks before young quarterbacks fail organizations, and there’s no specific example I could give you of a team or a quarterback”