FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has given up on his plan to sell a stake in the World Cup.
The scheme to raise billions of dollars by selling part of a new unit that would run FIFA events, including the World Cup, faced a fierce backlash.
European soccer's governing body UEFA threatened a boycott, accusing FIFA of putting the sport's "soul" up for sale.
Mr Infantino says it's clear the plan created divisions "regardless of the level of support" it had.
The H5 bird flu appears to be spreading in Victoria, with authorities today revealing they have five new suspected cases.
Crested terns - three from Portland and two from Nelson Bay in the state's south west - have returned a positive result and further testing is underway.
It follows another suspected case in Portland yesterday.
There are now more than 50 confirmed cases Australia-wide.
A number of people remain trapped inside a damaged residential building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv following the latest Russian ballistic missile attack.
The city's mayor Vitali Klitschko says the first and second floors of the building partially collapsed, trapping some residents inside.
At least three people have been killed and five hospitalised with injuries after the missile attack... with witnesses reporting hearing more than a dozen blasts in the capital.
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