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FIFA spokesman defends Infantino over LGBTQ rights on eve of World Cup

Doha (AFP) - FIFA's chief spokesman defended world football chief Gianni Infantino's record on LGBTQ rights on Saturday on the eve of the World Cup.

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Huge scale of workers' 'forced labour' abuse in Qatar uncovered on the eve of World Cup

The UK's Trade Union Congress (TUC) says it has found evidence of widespread wage theft and workers forced to pay extortionate recruitment fees in order to help the Gulf State prepare for the tournament

Daily Mirror

Gianni Infantino insists FIFA is ‘200 per cent’ in control of the World Cup after last-minute stadium beer ban

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has insisted he feels ”200 percent in control” of the World Cup after the governing body changed its policy on selling alcohol inside stadiums in Qatar 48 hours before the opening match.

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Every word of 'staggering' speech by FIFA president Gianni Infantino on eve of World Cup

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been heavily criticised for his speech on the eve of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Liverpool Echo

FIFA chief slams the West's criticism of Qatar as 'hypocrisy'

Gianni Infantino said Europeans should be "apologising for next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons to people"

Wales Online

FIFA head says fans should be able to abstain at World Cup

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has downplayed Qatar’s last minute ban on the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums as nothing more than a brief inconvenience to spectators

The Independent UK

FIFA chief blasts 'hypocrisy' of Western nations on eve of World Cup

Doha (AFP) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino blasted the "hypocrisy" of Western critics of Qatar's human rights record on Saturday, making a passionate defence of the World Cup in the Gulf state on the eve of the kick-off.

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Gianni Infantino in bizarre World Cup speech as he compares his red hair to LGBTQ+ and migrant workers plight

The game’s global governing body has been slaughtered for the decision to take the finals to the Middle East state.

Daily Record

FIFA president Gianni Infantino walks into World Cup press conference and unleashes extraordinary attack

Infantino defended Qatar and blasted the 'hypocrisy' of European countries

Wales Online

FIFA president Gianni Infantino hits back at Qatar critics in speech

The game’s global governing body has been attacked for its decision to take the World Cup to Qatar.

The Independent UK

World Cup 2022: Infantino turns on Qatar critics, plus latest news – as it happened

News and buildup to the 2022 World Cup ahead of kick-off in Qatar on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino slams Qatar criticism in bizarre World Cup press conference

FIFA president Gianni Infantino produced some remarkable quotes during a controversial speech ahead of the World Cup in Qatar in which he defended the host nation

Daily Mirror

Gianni Infantino: Fifa’s re-elected president spins an ever-spreading web of influence

A stand-alone runner to oversee the game despite vocal critics in several quarters as the most controversial World Cup in history approaches – but what is Fifa’s real role and responsibility now?

The Independent UK

Infantino says double standard behind World Cup critics

FIFA president Gianni Infantino targets European critics of World Cup host Qatar and suggests a moral double standard in his home continent

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Fifa president Gianni Infantino at World Cup: ‘Today I feel gay, I feel disabled, I feel a migrant worker’

In a bizarre monologue, Infantino criticises Western media for giving ‘moral lessons’ about Qatar’s abuse of migrant workers and LGBT+ rights ahead of the World Cup

Bangkok Post

Fifa chief accuses World Cup critics of 'hypocrisy'

DOHA: Fifa president Gianni Infantino hit back at criticism of Qatar's human rights record on Saturday, blasting the "hypocrisy" of Western critics on the eve of the World Cup kick-off.

AFP

FIFA's Infantino accuses World Cup critics of 'hypocrisy'

Doha (AFP) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino hit back at criticism of Qatar's human rights record on Saturday, blasting the "hypocrisy" of Western critics on the eve of the World Cup kick-off.

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FIFA chief Infantino voices support for LGBTQ community, migrant workers

Doha (AFP) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino expressed support for the LGBTQ community and migrant workers in his opening press conference of the Qatar World Cup on Saturday.

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The Guardian - UK

To acquiesce to Macron’s call to stay silent on Qatar would be a crime in itself

The president of France has said politics should be kept out of sport but his request is not only an insult but a semantic impossibility

The National (Scotland)

Welcome to bizarre Qatar: a World Cup you won't forget - Joe Callaghan

It was a Thursday, apparently…Thursday December 2, 2010. Just 12 years but a lifetime ago at the same time.

Radio France Internationale

Catcalls dog Qatar's moment in the World Cup limelight

In his poem Die Lorelei, Heinrich Heine touched on the stillness of the Rhine in his portrait of the legendary mermaid who lured sailors to their doom on the rocks along the river. Just shy of 200 years after Heine's masterpiece, no siren songs have been required to attract footballers…

The National (Scotland)

FA ready to back Gianni Infantino re-election bid – on a number of conditions

Calendar concerns and human rights criteria for future tournaments are in the FA’s thinking.

The Guardian - UK

Beer ban is show of strength and an almighty two fingers up to Qatar’s critics

The late decision on the sale of alcohol in World Cup stadiums shows that the host nation is running the show, not Fifa

The Independent UK

Football Association to back Gianni Infantino’s Fifa re-election bid

The German FA announced earlier this week it would not support Infantino’s bid for re-election

The Guardian - UK

Beer ban, Beckham and a vagina stadium: the World Cup in inglorious technicolor

In some ways it’s a shame not to be in Qatar to see how this all pans out … in others, not so much

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