Women's World Cup faces major challenges amid ongoing FIFA saga - CBS Sports

With the 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup due in Poland in just a few weeks, preparations are continuing largely uninterrupted—even as FIFA’s leadership fight deepens around a controversial plan. The focus has shifted away from women’s football after FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s now-scrapped “FIFA Forward Enterprise” proposal to sell equity stakes and privatize major tournaments. CBS Sports notes the $20 billion concept drew backlash and factional splits, but women’s and youth programming has largely been missing from the dispute, including boycott language from UEFA, later backed by the AFC and Concacaf. The U20 tournament starts Sept. 5.