The World Cup Story, Part 2: Too Big To Fail

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As the World Cup begins, we bring you a two-part Sunday special charting how FIFA built the World Cup into a global phenomenon. In Part 2, WSJ sports journalists Jonathan Clegg and Joshua Robinson explore FIFA under its current president Gianni Infantino and how he has maximized revenue for FIFA by exploiting new markets for soccer in the Arab world and the U.S. at the expense of the sport’s longstanding fanbase. Ryan Knutson hosts.


Further Listening:
- The World Cup Story, Part 1: Soccer and Scandal

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As the World Cup begins, we bring you a two-part Sunday special charting how FIFA built the World Cup into a global phenomenon. In Part 2, WSJ sports journalists Jonathan Clegg and Joshua Robinson explore FIFA under its current president Gianni Infantino and how he has maximized revenue for FIFA by exploiting new markets for soccer in the Arab world and the U.S. at the expense of the sport’s longstanding fanbase. Ryan Knutson hosts.


Further Listening:
- The World Cup Story, Part 1: Soccer and Scandal

Sign up for WSJ’s free Sports newsletter.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2026-06-14 36 min
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