FIFA to pay out $100 million in extra cash to help cover World Cup teams’ costs

World football organising body FIFA is paying out more than $100 million in extra cash to World Cup teams to help cover higher-than-expected costs of being in North America. FIFA’s ruling council agreed Tuesday to increase the basic payments to each federation by $2 million to a minimum of $12.5 million. The governing body is expecting revenue of at least $11 billion for the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico that starts 11 June. Some of the 48 federations, especially from Europe, told FIFA that the prize money structure and payments for preparation costs that had been set…