# US judge rejects FIFA bid to intervene in UEFA probe

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/us-judge-rejects-fifa-bid-to-intervene-in-uefa-probe/
- Published: 2026-11-12T18:17:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T20:28:09+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/us-judge-rejects-fifa-bid-intervene-in-uefa-probe-6547261
- Topics: Americas, Football, Sport, World

## Key points

- US judge refuses FIFA subsidiaries’ bid to join UEFA’s evidence request.
- UEFA seeks material for a possible Swiss criminal complaint.
- The proposed $20 billion World Cup plan was withdrawn in July.

## Summary

A US judge has rejected a bid by FIFA’s American subsidiaries to join UEFA’s effort to obtain evidence for a possible Swiss criminal case involving FIFA president Gianni Infantino. The ruling allows UEFA’s application to proceed without FIFA’s subsidiaries intervening, though it does not decide whether evidence will be provided or whether a criminal case will be brought.

UEFA is seeking testimony and documents from FIFA entities in Florida for a planned complaint against Infantino and other officials over a proposed $20 billion World Cup commercial-rights plan, called FIFA Forward Enterprise. FIFA argued that the Swiss proceedings were only purported and that UEFA aimed to derail the proposal. The plan was withdrawn on 31 July after UEFA and other regional governing bodies objected.

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