FIFA Boss Says Fans Can Survive for Three Hours Without Beer

FIFA president Gianni Infantino defended World Cup host country Qatar’s last gasp decision to ban beer at games.

The alcohol ban at stadiums was first announced on Friday, two days before the start of the event and reversed an earlier agreement to allow FIFA sponsor Anheuser-Busch InBev NV to sell Budweiser beer. What is usually the world’s largest sporting event -- a decade in the planning -- kicks off Sunday with the hosts taking on Ecuador.