Aug 1 : Asian Football Confederation President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa on Saturday welcomed FIFA's decision to walk back plans to sell a stake in the World Cup and stressed the need to discuss all such moves with transparency in the future. FIFA's plan was to raise up to $4.2 billion by selling a

The Asian Football Confederation expressed "deep concern" about the proposed establishment of a US$20 billion commercial subsidiary, FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), to run the World Cup and FIFA's other events.

AFC President criticizes FIFA for lack of consultation over World Cup plans, calling it "totally unacceptable" and undermining football's structure.

July 30 : Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa has branded FIFA's lack of consultation over its plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors "totally unacceptable", saying the move undermined the sport's existing continental structure.The Bahraini's unusuall

July 30 : Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa has branded FIFA's lack of consultation over its plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors "totally unacceptable", saying the move undermined the sport's existing continental structure.The Bahraini's unusuall