COLOMBO (Reuters) - FIFA is not responsible for the working conditions of labourers helping to build stadiums for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, the president of world football's governing body Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday.
"In Qatar they are working in big companies from Germany, from France, from England and from other European countries and they are responsible of their workers and not FIFA," Blatter told reporters on a visit to Sri Lanka.
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