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Les revenus du tournoi aux États-Unis, au Mexique et au Canada en feront la compétition la plus lucrative de l'histoire du sport, même si certains des 48 pays participants affirment avoir du mal à joindre les deux bouts. Une Coupe du monde que le président de la Fifa, Gianni Infantino, a qualifiée lors du tirage au sort en décembre dernier de « plus grand événement que l'humanité ait jamais connu » sera certainement la compétition la plus lucrative de l'histoire du sport. La Fifa a passé ces dernières années à revoir à la hausse ses prévisions de revenus, le dernier rapport financier indiquant que l'instance dirigeante mondiale empochera 13 milliards $ (9,6 milliards £) sur le cycle de quatre ans se terminant par le tournoi de cet été, dont près de 9 milliards $ seront générés cette année. Lire la suite...

Mikie Sherrill says taxpayers should not carry burdenCosts at World Cup have come under increased scrutinyNew Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, has hit out at Fifa after reports her state’s transport system will charge $100 for a return ticket to World Cup matches this summer.New Jersey Transit lists the price for a round-trip ticket from New York’s Penn Station to MetLife Stadium, which will host eight World Cup matches this summer, including the final, as $12.90. The new pricing, reported by The Athletic earlier this week, puts the return ticket at more than $100 with no reductions for children, seniors or people with disabilities. NJ Transit told Fox 5 New York that the price has not been finalized. A decision is expected in the coming days. Continue reading...

Human rights group says US is facing an ‘emergency’ICE director said agency will play ‘key part’ at tournamentAmnesty International has warned that the World Cup, spread across three North American countries, risks becoming a “stage for repression”. The human rights organisation published a report on Monday – “Humanity Must Win” – calling on Fifa and the host countries, the US, Canada and Mexico, to take urgent action to protect fans, players and other communities.Fifa has promised a tournament where everyone “feels safe, included and free to exercise their rights”. But Amnesty said that pledge sat in “stark contrast” to conditions in all three host nations, especially the US, which hosts three-quarters of the 104 matches. Continue reading...