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UEFA Votes 55-0 to Boycott the World Cup Over FIFA's Stake Sale

A dim locker room with dozens of national-team jerseys on pegs and a covered trophy at the center under a shaft of light
TL;DR

MSM frames Infantino's isolation and a governance ambush while X's football community chants "not for sale"; both flatten that the boycott is conditional and UEFA cannot stop the vote itself.

MSM Perspective

BBC, AP and the Reuters wire frame a governance ambush and Infantino's isolation, with the venomous emergency meeting and October's play-offs as the first test.

X Perspective

Fan and football-governance X reads Europe finally saying what supporters chant — the World Cup is not for sale — while US sports-business accounts read 2030 co-hosting as the real leverage.

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The Wire — July 30