Article 7398A Infantino apologises to British fans and defends awarding Trump peace prize

Infantino apologises to British fans and defends awarding Trump peace prize

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The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has apologised over remarks he made about British fans and defended the decision to award a peace prize to the United States president, Donald Trump.

Infantino said at last month's World Economic Forum in Davos that the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 had been special because for the first time in history no Brit was arrested".

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