FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Final - Bayern Munich v Paris St Germain - Tivoli Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal - August 23, 2020 UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin during an interview ahead of the Champions League Final REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
(Reuters) - UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has reiterated his opposition to FIFA's plans to stage a biennial World Cup, saying the women's tournament or the Olympics would be affected if they were held in the same year as the finals.
The European soccer governing body and its South American counterpart CONMEBOL have strongly opposed the idea which FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said would create an extra $4.4 billion in revenues for the world soccer organisation.
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