He said what?!?! ⬇️ The morning before the strangest, most controversial World Cup in modern memory kicks off Sunday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino took the stage in Qatar's palatial media centre and mounted a rambling, combative, thoroughly unconvincing defence of it. "Today, I have very strong feelings," he said by way of alarming opening. "Today, I feel Qatari. Today, I feel Arab. Today, I feel African. Today, I feel gay. Today, I feel disabled. Today, I feel a migrant worker." He then explained that he somehow felt he were all those things — for the record, he is none of them — because he is the son of poor Italians who went to Switzerland in search of a better life. "I know what it feels to be discriminated," he said. "I was bullied because I had red hair." Read the full story from Chris Jones now at the link in our bio