Welsh First Minister tells Infantino to stop digging
21 November 2022
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said that FIFA President Gianni Infantino was in a hole and should stop digging after he accused critics of World Cup host Qatar of hypocrisy. Infantino rounded on European critics of the host nation over the issues of migrant workers and Lesbian, Gay, Biesexual, Transgendered (LGBT) rights on Saturday, adding that engagement was the only way to improve human rights. Drakeford, who is in Qatar to mark Wales's first World Cup appearance since 1958, told Reuters on Sunday that Western countries should be prepared to review their own history but people's rights "really matter".