{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68b1d0ea993d10acb9c3fe4f/6a70f2c0901911901ef024a3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How FIFA Tried (and Failed) to Sell the Soul of Football","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68b1d0ea993d10acb9c3fe4f/1785787812070-8de4451d-7ec1-4add-9e9f-554ac18e9522.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The World Cup was a $15 billion jackpot. Then FIFA president Gianni Infantino overplayed his hand, with a secret plot to allegedly enrich the extended Trump family — and himself. The Athletic's Adam Crafton explains the NFL-inspired motives, political naïveté and potential downfall of the man who would be king of sport.</p><p><br></p><p>• More from The Athletic: <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7485172/2026/08/02/fifa-world-cup-stake-sale-inside/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the Week That Shook Gianni Infantino, FIFA and the Football World</a></p><p><br></p><p>• Previously on PTFO: <a href=\"https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/NmEyYTA2YmFiYzM2ZTVjYzAxNDYzMDYx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">America Signed Up for the World Cup. FIFA Stuck You with the Tab.</a></p><p><br></p><p>• <a href=\"https://pod.link/1488521447\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to \"The Athletic FC Podcast\" with Adam Crafton</a></p><p><br></p><p>• <a href=\"https://theathletic.onelink.me/eNRy/ptfo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to The Athletic</a></p>","author_name":"The Athletic"}