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World Service,29 Jul 2026,26 mins

Have FIFA scored an own goal?

World Business Report

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We'll hear reaction from the world of football as Fifa offers federations $40 million each to rubberstamp its plan to sell some of its commercial rights. As FIFA sends a letter to football associations explaining the plan and giving them a deadline of mid-September to agree Also, we find out the bizarre story of why eBay had to pay one couple $56 million after a campaign of harassment. And why Cuba has moved to open crisis-ravaged parts of its state-run economy to private firms. Elsewhere we get the latest from the US Federal Reserve which held rates despite rising inflation. PHOTO CREDIT: Reuters

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