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Gianni Infantino and Fifa have failed football by botching buildup to Qatar

Lack of preparation time means that most competing nations will not have had the chance to try fresh faces or tactics

The Guardian - UK

Fans, fun, fireworks: Qatar World Cup 2022 enjoys rare moment of normality

Matches kick off with fan zones looking like construction sites, persistent fears over how gay fans will be treated and concerns over human rights abuses

The Guardian - UK

Gianni Infantino does his Football Jesus act during strange monologue on Qatar

Fifa’s leader revealed himself in all his marzipan ooze, shifting shape but oddly lost and angry ahead of this reeling World Cup

The Guardian - UK

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino says Europeans should look at themselves before criticising Qatar

The FIFA boss hit out at critics on the eve of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Leeds Live

‘Not the World Cup for all that Fifa promised’: GayGooners make Qatar protest

Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ+ community has been heavily criticised

The Independent UK

FIFA media chief defends 'inclusive' organisation as he comes out as gay during World Cup press conference

Former ITV Tyne Tees and Sky Sports reporter Bryan Swanson made the announcement in defence of FIFA president Gianni Infantino

Chronicle Live

Scots ex-Sky Sports reporter 'feels safe as gay man' in Qatar and defends FIFA president

He addressed a press conference after Gianni Infantino launched a robust defence of Qatar's laws and their treatment of homosexuals and migrant workers.

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FIFA World Cup: Infantino comes out with guns blazing, and some ammo from India

DOHA: Is football – fandom, emotion, hope, disappointment, glory, and identity – the preserve of a select few, and only they get to decide who can partake in this global communion because they run the show, decide the TV times?

The Times of India

World Cup 2022: ‘Crass’ Gianni Infantino’s Qatar rant labeled an ‘insult’ as human rights groups speak out

Human rights groups have moved quickly to condemn Gianni Infantino’s extraordinary defence of hosts World Cup hosts Qatar, accusing the FIFA president of “deflection and whataboutery" and warning that “history will not judge this moment kindly”.

Evening Standard

FIFA president slams Western ‘hypocrisy’ over Qatar criticism

In fiery news conference, Gianni Infantino said Western countries were not in a position to give ‘moral lessons’.

Al Jazeera

Gianni Infantino’s masterclass in whataboutery strikes all the wrong notes on eve of Qatar World Cup

Gianni Infantino wants football to be the only talking point in Qatar but the irony is that even the most engaging 90 minutes of the World Cup will struggle to top the extraordinary drama of the FIFA president’s hour-and-a-half press conference on the eve of the tournament.

Evening Standard

I hate the very idea of this World Cup in Qatar, but I’ll have to watch: it’s the beautiful game

While sport speaks to the best of the human spirit, officials too often degrade it, says author and broadcaster Mihir Bose

The Guardian - UK

FIFA chief blasts critics ahead of World Cup in Qatar and accuses them of hypocrisy

In an extraordinary opening news conference before the World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended the host country's decision to ban beer at stadiums and Qatar's human rights record.

WEKU

Gianni Infantino insists he is in charge at World Cup after beer ban controversy

FIFA confirmed on Friday Budweiser would no longer be sold within the perimeter of the eight World Cup stadia.

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Daily Mirror

"As a gay man" - Ex-Sky Sports reporter Bryan Swanson addresses Qatar press conference

Swanson, who these days works as FIFA's director of media relations, addressed a press conference after FIFA president Gianni Infantino had launched into a robust defence of Qatar's laws

Manchester Evening News

"Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled": Fifa president Gianni Infantino says Europeans should 'apologise' before criticising Qatar during bizarre rant

Fifa boss Gianni Infantino says Europe should apologise for its own history

The Independent UK

Gianni Infantino: Europeans should look at themselves before criticising Qatar

Infantino spoke for an hour before facing questions.

The Guardian - UK

England and Wales plan to defy Fifa with OneLove armbands at World Cup

Harry Kane and Gareth Bale are expected to still wear armbands in support of LGBTQ+ rights after Fifa announced its own slogans

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France 24

FIFA president blasts ‘hypocrisy’ of Western critics of World Cup host Qatar

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.

Evening Standard

Gianni Infantino launches extraordinary rant against western ‘hypocrisy’ over Qatar World Cup criticism

FIFA president Gianni Infantino this morning launched a remarkable defence of Qatar and the most controversial World Cup in history, accusing Western critics of gross hypocrisy.

Daily Mirror

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

Evening Standard

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.

Liverpool Echo

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

Wales Online

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"

The Independent UK

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

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