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...One thing to start: join DD’s Arash Massoudi, the FT’s natural resources editor Neil Hume and local correspondent Ralph Atkins for an exclusive reader event in Zurich on November 22....
...Reporting by Don Weinland in Hong Kong, Sherry Fei Ju and Lucy Hornby in Beijing, Robert Smith and Arash Massoudi in London and Ralph Atkins in Zurich...
...Wanda, the Chinese conglomerate that owns Infront, in March signed a sponsorship deal for the next four World Cups. Other changes relate to the bidding process for future World Cups....
...Christopher Atkins, a football agent based in Hong Kong, said that the new curbs and guidelines are part of the politically driven investment cycle in China....
...Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed but Fifa’s new president, Gianni Infantino, said the deal with Wanda would help the organisation “massively”....
...No details of the deal were given but Mr Infantino told journalists in Zurich that Wanda would help Fifa “massively”, writes the FT’s Ralph Atkins....
...Wanda and Alibaba have both signed sponsorship deals with scandal-hit Fifa in recent months, with Wanda claiming that its agreement would leave it “better placed to play a role in the bidding process to...
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