India, Aug. 6 -- UEFA has maintained its threat to boycott FIFA competitions, insisting that Gianni Infantino's withdrawal of his controversial World Cup sell-off proposal and subsequent apology have failed to satisfy the conditions imposed by Europe's national associations.

The European governing body issued a defiant response after FIFA's senior leadership publicly reaffirmed its support for Infantino following crisis talks in Rabat on Wednesday. UEFA said the proposal's abandonment addressed only part of its demands and that it had received no adequate guarantee against a similar attempt being made in the future.

"UEFA's associations were very clear about the conditions attached to their non-participation in FIFA competitions," a sta...