‘Let football take the stage’ at Qatar World Cup, says Fifa president

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Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has written to the 32 nations competing in the Qatar World Cup asking them to let football take the stage and put human rights to one side

In his letter, Infantino attempts to defuse concerns over the staging of the tournament in Qatar by arguing “there are many challenges and difficulties of a political nature all around the world”, but football should not be expected to have an answer to every one.

Infantino, who has been president of Fifa since 2016, did not preside over the decision to award this year’s tournament to the Gulf state, and has overseen a series of initiatives that have helped contribute towards reforms – including the abolition of the kafala system of employment – to Qatar.

as well as arguing that the presence of the world’s most popular sporting event will help bring about lasting change in the country.to respond to a variety of appeals related to the tournament including providing funds to remedy the harm experienced by migrant workers in constructing World Cup stadiums. A commitment from Fifa is yet to be forthcoming on such a scheme endorsed by the Welsh, English and Dutch FAs as well as the US Soccer Federation.

Players of both England and Wales have agreed to wear rainbow armbands during matches in support of LGBTQ+ rights. This week, however, the Welsh FA said it was still waiting for the game’s governing body to tell them whether the armbands might actually be banned.

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Yeah, lets ignore the slave labour and all that....

He would say that.

Ignore the deaths

Corrupt man says what?

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