Norway soccer leader who confronted Qatar seeks top UEFA job
Associated PressGENEVA — The Norwegian official who made her reputation in soccer politics with a speech in Doha last year criticizing World Cup host Qatar is seeking to join the UEFA executive committee. A judge and former national-team player who is also gay, Klaveness drew the attention of global soccer leaders from more than 200 countries — on the eve of the World Cup finals tournament draw — to Qatar’s record on migrant labor rights and criminalization of homosexuality. FIFA tried to persuade the Norwegian delegation not to make the speech and it drew a strong riposte in the congress hall from the head of Qatar’s World Cup organizing committee. The women’s seat on the UEFA executive committee that is due to be elected in April has been held since 2016 by Florence Hardouin, director general of the France soccer federation.
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