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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Qatar World Cup chief bites back after criticism from Norwegian FA

Lise Klaveness talks in Doha on Thursday at the Fifa Congress.
Lise Klaveness, the president of the Norwegian Football Federation, talks in Doha on Thursday at the Fifa Congress. Photograph: Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images

Dispute over the legacy of staging the men’s World Cup in Qatar broke out on the floor of the Fifa Congress on Thursday, with the president of the Norwegian Football Federation calling for stronger action, only for the head of Qatar’s Supreme Committee to insist she “educate” herself over the issues.

In a tightly managed set-piece event in Doha before Friday’s World Cup draw, Lise Klaveness’s address upset the consensus when she said Fifa must act as a “role model” and called on the organisation to do more to support the families of migrant workers who had been killed and those injured working on the World Cup project.

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