DOHA: The Federation Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) is on target to reap record revenues of US$7 billion on the back of this year’s Qatar World Cup, president Gianni Infantino said Thursday as experts predicted a long-term financial boom for football.
Infantino told the annual congress of the sport’s world governing body that Fifa’s finances were “great” and that it would beat its target of making $6.4 billion in the four years up to 2022 by $600 million.
The governing body has seen revenues from television, sponsors and marketing take off despite past scandals and the coronavirus pandemic when spectators have turned more to television screens and other…
