President Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino pose for a photograph in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.
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MIAMI — FIFA has introduced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the primary time on the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington.
The award, referred to as the FIFA Peace Prize, will “acknowledge distinctive actions for peace,” soccer’s governing physique mentioned Wednesday. However FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who has a detailed relationship with President Donald Trump, wouldn’t tip his hand Wednesday when requested if Trump would be the first recipient of the award.
“On the fifth of December, you will note,” Infantino mentioned. He was talking on the America Enterprise Discussion board in Miami, shortly after Trump addressed the identical occasion.
Infantino mentioned earlier Wednesday that, “in an more and more unsettled and divided world, it is elementary to acknowledge the excellent contribution of those that work onerous to finish conflicts and convey individuals collectively in a spirit of peace.” FIFA mentioned the award, which Infantino will current this 12 months, can be bestowed yearly “on behalf of followers from all all over the world.”
Trump was handed over for the Nobel Peace Prize final month regardless of lobbying from fellow Republicans, numerous world leaders and himself. And Infantino made no secret of the ties between himself, FIFA and Trump in his remarks Wednesday.
“I am actually fortunate. I’ve an ideal relationship with President Trump, who I take into account actually a detailed buddy,” Infantino mentioned. “After all, he is been very, very useful in every thing we do for the World Cup. … He has such an unbelievable power and that is one thing that I actually admire. He does issues. He does what he says. He says what he thinks. He says, truly, what many individuals assume as effectively, however perhaps do not dare to say. And that is why he is so profitable.”
FIFA not too long ago added one other hyperlink to Trump by appointing his daughter Ivanka to the board of a $100 million training venture part-funded by 2026 World Cup ticket gross sales.
The World Cup draw, and the awarding of the peace prize, is predicted to attract about 1 billion viewers worldwide, Infantino mentioned.
