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Tom Bassam (now), Barry Glendenning (earlier) and Will Magee (earlier)

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

Right, so this blog kicked off this morning with updates with that turned out to be a staggering speech from Gianni Infantino. I am about to sign off for the evening but before I do, here is great piece of analysis from Paul MacInnes on the Fifa president’s rambling address.

Infantino told the world he feels Arab, African, gay and disabled, while the media are racist hypocrites. So how accurate was his World Cup monologue?

David Beckham loves an opening ceremony appearance, so this from Simon’s suggestion that (Sir) David could assume the John Gordon Sinclair role and deliver a heartfelt version of ‘We Have A Dream’ is a good shout. Alan has submitted: ‘Fistful of Dollars’ by Babe Ruth, not familiar to me but based on the title alone it merits inclusion.

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