Jubilation Across the World As FIFA Officially Scraps Stunning Idea of Staging World Cup Every Two Years

• Gianni Infantino has stated that he was not behind the idea of staging the World Cup every two years, as the FIFA boss makes a U-turn
• The 52-year-old earlier claimed that a biennial World Cup will be beneficial to the African continent and will save migrants from dying in the sea
• The biennial World Cup idea has met with wide condemnation and now Infantino has stated that it was not even his idea

The world’s football governing body FIFA has scrapped the idea of staging the World Cup every two years after its president, Gianni Infantino, made a U-turn.

SunSport reports that the plan to have a biennial tournament has been publicly ditched, with Infantino stating he was not behind the stunning idea.

The idea of having the World Cup has been met with backlashes and the FIFA boss seemed to have aimed a jibe at former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger during a conference.

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Infantino told the Congress of the 211 member associations of the abrupt U-turn.

“Let me clarify one thing here - and I want to speak about some of the discussions and speculations on a biennial World Cup.

“Fifa has not proposed a biennial World Cup. Let’s get the process clear. At Congress last year 88 per cent of associations asked us to study the feasibility of that and some other projects.

“Fifa, under Arsene Wenger, did that. We studied the feasibility. But Fifa did not propose anything.

“Fifa came to the conclusion that it was feasible but would have repercussions and an adverse impact.

“The next phase was consultation and discussion and trying to find agreements and compromises, to find what was most suitable for everyone.”

Meanwhile, Infantino, earlier stated that the World Cup being held every two years will go a long way in preventing African migrants from death in the sea.

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Infantino made this declaration during a session of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, a trans-national body dedicated to the support of human rights.

According to him, several other countries outside Europe need greater access to top football competitions in a bid to prevent drastic consequences.

The 52-year-old Swiss-Italian was sharing his strategy about ‘Future of Football’ which aims at holding the World Cup every two years.

FIFA suspends Kenya

Sports Brief earlier reported that a large number of Kenyans welcomed the move to ban the country from all international football activities.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed the development in a live press conference l in what is a big blow to Kenyan football.

The suspension came after the government ousted the Football Kenya Federation from handling football affairs in the country, and installed a caretaker committee in an attempt to streamline the sport in the country.