FIFA and Qatar criticised over LGBTQ rights and worker safety before World Cup draw
World Cup host Qatar and FIFA received scathing criticism from within soccer on Thursday, a day before the tournament’s draw.
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FIFA Faces New Attack Over Rights In World Cup Host Qatar
Lingering divisions over FIFA's decision to hold the World Cup in Qatar overshadowed the annual congress of football's world governing body on Thursday, forcing its president Gianni Infantino to insist that the event had already brought change to the Arab state. Just 235 days from the start of the first World Cup in the Middle East, a rare female voice in international football stood up at the congress to state that awarding the event to Qatar 12 years ago had been "unacceptable" because of its human rights record.
Norway football chief slates Qatar World Cup decision
Simmering tensions boiled to the surface at the FIFA Congress on Thursday when Norway's football chief Lise Klaveness hit out at the 2022 World Cup's Qatari hosts over the country's human rights record.
Qatar’s right to stage World Cup questioned amid calls to ensure LGBTQI+ safety
Qatar’s right to stage this year’s World Cup was publicly questioned at FIFA Congress in Doha, with the president of the Norwegian federation saying there was “no room” for hosts who could not legally guarantee the safety of LGBTQI+ people.
Mundial 2022 | Motín en Qatar: la presidenta de la federación noruega planta cara a la FIFA por Qatar
La presidenta de la federación noruega, Lise Klaveness, se convirtió en la protagonista inesperada del Congreso que la FIFA celebró en Doha, Qatar. La directiva aprovechó su turno de palabra, que estaba preestablecido, para criticar con fuerza al país qatarí. «Este Mundial fue concedido en condiciones inaceptables y con consecuencias inaceptables. Deberíamos pensar en los heridos y los familiares de los fallecidos», dijo.
Qatar and FIFA criticized harshly ahead of World Cup draw
A Norwegian soccer official delivered a scathing criticism of World Cup host Qatar and FIFA to an audience of executives on Thursday on the eve of the tournament's draw.
Gianni Infantino seeks reelection as FIFA hammered by Norwegian FA chief
The head of Norway’s FA has launched an extraordinary attack on FIFA’s decision to award the World Cup to Qatar, in front of delegates at a congress being held in the Gulf country, as Gianni Infantino confirmed he would stand again as president. Lise Klaveness attacked Qatar’s human rights record and laws which criminalise same-sex relationships, but it did not go down well with everyone that was attending Ad/> Ahead of tomorrow’s draw for the tournament, Klaveness said: «We cannot ignore the calls for change. How FIFA runs the game has so much to say for how football is perceived — in every confederation and in every association.
Tension simmers as Norwegian criticises Qatari human rights record at FIFA congress
DOHA : Simmering tensions boiled to the surface at the FIFA congress on Thursday when Norway's soccer chief Lise Klaveness hit out at the 2022 World Cup's Qatari hosts over the country's human rights record.