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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Norwegian FA president urges Fifa to publish report on Qatar World Cup

Norway FA president, Lise Klaveness, talks during the 72nd Fifa Congress in March 2022
Norway FA president, Lise Klaveness, talks during the 72nd Fifa Congress in March 2022. Photograph: Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images

The football executive who has sought to hold Fifa to its commitments on human rights in Qatar has called on the governing body to publish its report on possible failings at the World Cup.

Lise Klaveness, the president of the Norwegian Football Federation, wrote to Fifa a year ago calling for an inquest into the legacy left by the Qatar World Cup and, specifically, a lack of financial remedy for mistreated migrant workers. In response the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, commissioned a report from the organisation’s human rights and social responsibility subcommittee. That report is yet to arrive and Klaveness argues that a lack of transparency over publication speaks to a broader problem within Fifa.

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