Infantino defends awarding of Club World Cup to China amid Uighur outcry | Malay Mail

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DOHA, Dec 21 ― Fifa president Gianni Infantino has defended the decision to award the hosting of his much-vaunted new Club World Cup to China despite the country facing international condemnation for the treatment of its Uighur minority. “Maybe that with going there, playing there, in China or...

Saturday, 21 Dec 2019 10:50 AM MYT

“Maybe that with going there, playing there, in China or anywhere else in the world, people will continue to speak about topics like this, to raise these questions, and maybe eventually the situations for people are going to improve,” Infantino said to journalists yesterday in Doha. The issue crossed over into football last week when the Arsenal player Mesut Ozil, a German international of Turkish origin, condemned the treatment of the Uighur minority in a Twitter post.

Infantino is in Qatar for today's Club World Cup final, with Liverpool facing Flamengo to decide the winner of what is currently a seven-team event.

 

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