The 2014 World Cup in Brazil made $4.8bn for Fifa, and Russia 2018 will stuff the Zurich coffers with more. He revealed that Infantino had interfered with a committee decision to bar Mutko from being on the Fifa council. The 2014 World Cup in Brazil made $4.8bn for Fifa, and Russia 2018 will stuff the Zurich coffers with more. Russia’s state-controlled energy giant Gazprom is also a Fifa sponsor now – as is Qatar Airways, state-controlled company of the 2022 World Cup hosts. For Infantino, Mutko is still in the clear, and the show must go on.

Source: The Guardian December 06, 2017 18:55 UTC