Complaint from FairSquare calls for investigation
Infantino awarded Trump peace prize at World Cup draw
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been accused of breaching his organisation’s rules on political neutrality in relation to United States president Donald Trump.
Infantino and Trump have formed a close bond in recent years, with the US one of the co-hosts for next year’s men’s World Cup. Infantino even presented Trump with the inaugural Fifa peace prize at last Friday’s World Cup draw in Washington DC.
FairSquare, a group which seeks to promote greater accountability in sport, has written a letter of complaint to Fifa’s ethics committee alleging comments made by Infantino about Trump – and the process followed to award him with the peace prize – were in breach of Fifa rules. In October, Infantino used his Instagram account to say Trump “definitely deserves” the Nobel Peace Prize.
