Years of source-building and beat expertise paid off in this exclusive that put AP at the center of one of FIFA’s biggest leadership crises in years. Sports writer Graham Dunbar secured a statement from FIFA Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour publicly criticizing President Gianni Infantino’s controversial plan to spin off the organization’s commercial business. The scoop showed exceptional source development and delivered agenda-setting coverage of a major international sports story.
Within hours of AP publishing the exclusive, reports emerged that investors were backing away from the plan, and Infantino abandoned the proposal.
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