Fifa chief accuses Qatar’s western critics of ‘hypocrisy’

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has lashed out at critics of the Qatar World Cup, accusing European countries of hypocrisy and saying they were in no position to hand down moral lessons.

In a combative 90-minute press conference on the eve of the World Cup in Doha, Infantino said much of the criticism aimed at the tournament hosts was “profoundly unjust”, with the western world guilty of double standards.

“For what we Europeans…