Football: 2022 World Cup stays in Qatar says FIFA’s Infantino

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a press conference in the Qatari capital Doha on April 22, 2016. Infantino announced that a new independent committee would be set up to monitor conditions for labourers working to build stadia for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Speaking during his first visit to Doha as head of world football's governing body, Infantino said he was "confident we are on the right track" after a string of alleged rights violations during the tournament's construction phase. He said the new committee "shows that the mechanisms in place are working related to FIFA World Cup". / AFP PHOTO / KARIM JAAFAR
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a press conference in the Qatari capital Doha on April 22, 2016. Infantino announced that a new independent committee would be set up to monitor conditions for labourers working to build stadia for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Speaking during his first visit to Doha as head of world football’s governing body, Infantino said he was “confident we are on the right track” after a string of alleged rights violations during the tournament’s construction phase. He said the new committee “shows that the mechanisms in place are working related to FIFA World Cup”. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM JAAFAR

DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Gianni Infantino on his first visit to Qatar as FIFA president insisted on Friday that the 2022 World Cup would be hosted there as planned.

Asked if the Gulf state would keep the tournament despite allegations of labour abuse and corruption, Infantino told reporters in Doha: “Of course, the World Cup will take place in Qatar in 2022.”

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