Qatar 2022 will be 'the best World Cup ever,' says Infantino

Less than 50 days before the kick off of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends the World Innovation Summit for Health and says "it will be the best World Cup ever.

IFA President Gianni Infantino has said that hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022 has helped put Qatar on the international map and helped spark a significant improvement in workers' rights in the country.

Speaking at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in Doha, the FIFA President said: "Qatar has really become a central hub in the world. Not because of the World Cup, but certainly the spotlights of the World Cup have helped as well to put Qatar on an international map. And things have changed."

"We have been speaking about workers, about workers' rights and about human rights - some criticism was raised, rightfully, and changes have happened," he said.

The FIFA President referenced the removal of the most problematic elements of the kafala system and the establishment of minimum wages as two key changes in Qatar. He also mentioned innovations such as the "stay cool" suits which significantly reduce body temperature for workers in high temperatures that have been implemented in recent years. 

Gianni Infantino also outlined how FIFA, together with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Qatar's Ministry of Public Health, would use the FIFA World Cup to send messages to the worldwide audience of over five billion people about the importance of getting exercise.