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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday vented their frustration over plans for a biennial soccer World Cup instead of the current four-year cycle, saying it would have a major negative impact on other sports.<\/p>\n

On the first day of the IOC session before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics today, IOC members called on Gianni Infantino, the president of world soccer\u2019s governing body and who is also an IOC member, to drop his plans.<\/p>\n

Infantino, who has cancelled his trip to China, has said changing the World Cup cycle from four years to two would generate an extra $4.4 billion in revenues for the world body.<\/p>\n

Fifa said the additional funds would help reduce the gap in revenues between developed and less developed football markets.<\/p>\n

But international sports federations as well as the IOC, which organises the Olympics\u2014 Summer or Winter Games\u2014every two years, have opposed Infantino\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n

A biennial World Cup would clash with the Summer Olympics while also denting the Games\u2019 commercial appeal. Currently the World Cup is held two years apart from the Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

The World Cup is the biggest international single sports event, commanding sponsorship and broadcasting deals far greater than any other international federation\u2019s event. A tournament every two years would overshadow all other competitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like to discuss together with the Fifa President and IOC member but this is not possible now against the expectation, because he cancelled his visit to Beijing the day before yesterday,\u201d IOC chief Thomas Bach told the IOC session.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should not discuss now on a wider scale this issue in his absence in respect for our colleague and IOC member. If you agree we will try to make contact with him and will forward these comments which have been made.\u201d<\/p>\n

SHARP CRITICISM<\/p>\n

Bach was responding to sharp criticism directed at Fifa by several IOC members, including National Olympic Committees of Africa President Mustapha Berraf. \u201cThe plan (for a biennial World Cup) would create immeasurable damage and put sport in general in danger and in particular football,\u201d Berraf said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would simply push away other sports and relegate them to the back benches and that would be absolutely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would also create a rift between women\u2019s and men\u2019s sport and be a setback to all our efforts to create equity and parity for all sports,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

European soccer governing body Uefa and its South American counterpart CONMEBOL have also strongly opposed the idea. Nenad Lalovic, an IOC Executive Board member and head of United World Wrestling, said there would be \u201cwidespread consequences\u201d and that a consultation with FIFA was necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt (the plan) could impact the healthy development of sport and could put the sustainability of other international federations\u2019 events at risk,\u201d Lalovic said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unilateral decision by Fifa on such an important matter … will have widespread consequences not only on football but all sports globally. These consequences must not be underestimated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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