Soccer-Qatar has faced unfair criticism over World Cup, says organiser

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Nasser Al Khater, CEO of Qatar 2022 and Mattas Grafstrom, FIFA Deputy Secretary General during the Team Workshop for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in Doha, Qatar, July 4, 2022. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

DOHA (Reuters) -Qatar has faced a lot of unfair criticism over its hosting of soccer's World Cup that was not based on facts but it has responded to any fair criticism, the Qatar 2022 Chief Executive Nasser Al Khater said on Thursday.

He told a news conference, the first held by organisers in months, that 70 days prior to the tournament's kick-off, sports and transport infrastructure in the tiny desert country were complete and remaining work was "aesthetic".