{"id":45848,"date":"2026-09-18T10:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45848"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:58:31","slug":"fifa-vice-president-demands-full-disclosure-over-world-cup-stake-proposal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/fifa-vice-president-demands-full-disclosure-over-world-cup-stake-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Vice-President demands full disclosure over World Cup stake proposal \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Football Association (FA) Chair and F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Vice-President Debbie Hewitt has demanded that FIFA President Gianni Infantino disclose all internal documentation surrounding a controversial proposal to sell off a commercial stake in the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a formal letter addressed to Infantino and FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstr\u00f6m, Hewitt called for complete transparency regarding the aborted FIFA Forward Enterprise plan. Hewitt insisted that all relevant files be submitted to the FIFA Council ahead of its scheduled meeting on October 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The letter outlines serious accusations of institutional governance failures and a breakdown in organisational culture within world football&#8217;s governing body.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the financial disclosures, Hewitt demanded a formal written explanation detailing the decision-making process behind the cancelled suspension of United States national team forward Folarin Balogun during the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The intervention adds to mounting global scrutiny over Infantino&#8217;s administration, as international football stakeholders push for greater accountability, regulatory oversight, and procedural compliance across FIFA&#8217;s administrative operations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45849,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-45848","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"FIFA President Gianni Infantino pressured to release documents","published_date":"2026-09-18 10:58:24","news_description":"FIFA President Gianni Infantino pressured to release documents","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45851,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45848\/revisions\/45851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}