Fifa president sorry for comment about arrests
Infantino says it is time to look at readmitting Russia
The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has apologised over remarks he made about British fans and defended the decision to award a peace prize to the United States president, Donald Trump.
Infantino said at last month’s World Economic Forum in Davos that the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 had been special because “for the first time in history no Brit was arrested”.
His comments were described as a “cheap” joke at the expense of fans by the Football Supporters’ Association, while the UK’s football policing lead chief constable, Mark Roberts, said they were “neither helpful nor accurate”, given the record of fans at tournaments before Qatar and since.
