EDINBURGH, April 16 (Reuters) - CVC Capital Partners
CVC.UL , Qatar's QIA and Canada's Brookfield have abandoned a
secret plan to bid for British supermarket group J. Sainsbury plc
SBRY.L , Sky News reported on Saturday.
The report could not immediately be verified.
Sky said the trio had dropped a planned takeover, hatched in
the autumn, after Sainsbury's made a 1.4 billion pound ($2
billion) bid for Home Retail Group HOME.L , the owner of Argos.
QIA has an around 25 percent stake in Sainsbury's.
($1 = 0.7040 pounds)