Football
FIFA chiefs stage Gianni Infantino protest with mass walk-out after Saudi Arabia furore
Members of the FIFA Council staged a walk-out to protest Gianni Infantino’s behaviour. The president had been forced to apologise for turning up late to the latest congress in Paraguay as he had joined Donald Trump’s tour of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Infantino made a late decision to join U.S. President Trump on a tour of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The meeting of the FIFA Council had already been delayed to Thursday and changed to a virtual event, having initially been scheduled to take place in person on Tuesday. Infantino had been present for meetings between President Trump and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and the Qatari Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani.
