FIFA's Blatter: Gay fans should refrain from sex at Qatar World Cup

LONDON (AP) — A leading international gay rights group demanded Tuesday that FIFA make an official apology following Sepp Blatter's comment about homosexual fans thinking of traveling to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup.


Blatter, president of world football's governing body, said Monday in an apparently lighthearted remark that gay fans "should refrain from any sexual activities" during the tournament in Qatar, where homosexual behavior is illegal.

Juris Lavrikovs, communications director for the European branch of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, said the comments were "very unfortunate and have left people deeply offended." Continue ►