LYON, France (Reuters) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday strongly rejected criticism of the global ruling body's handling of the sexual abuse scandal in Afghanistan soccer from the coach of the country's women's team. However, when asked in a news conference if he understood the criticism from Kelly, who he has not met, Infantino bristled. The Swiss-Italian, who was re-elected unopposed as FIFA president last month, said the political situation in the gulf nation made it a much more delicate case to handle. "When I am told that some people criticise FIFA, well, you can criticise FIFA for many things and certainly many times you are right to criticise FIFA but we try to do the best especially in sensitive cases like this...," he said. "I prefer much more to be active and help one person concretely rather than having 10 headlines saying 'FIFA president, look how good he is'...

Source: The Star July 05, 2019 17:03 UTC