FIFA faces calls to investigate Infantino over Trump's Peace Prize
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jun 30, 2026, 11:30 AM
Last updated Jun 30, 2026
Fifty members of the European Parliament have urged FIFA to investigate its president, Gianni Infantino, regarding the controversial FIFA Peace Prize awarded to Donald Trump in December. They are questioning the legitimacy of both the creation of the award and its designation to the U.S. president. This scrutiny has intensified as Infantino's relationship with Trump has been scrutinized, raising concerns about FIFA's political neutrality amid the ongoing World Cup. Critics argue that Infantino's actions could tarnish the reputation of the tournament. FIFA has acknowledged receiving previous complaints but has not yet responded to the current request for an inquiry.
- •FIFA Peace Prize awarded to Trump last December under scrutiny.
- •50 European Parliament members demand ethics investigation into the award.
- •Critics allege Infantino compromised FIFA's political neutrality.
- •Infantino's relationship with Trump raises concerns leading up to the World Cup.
- •FIFA has not publicly responded to calls for an investigation.
- 11:30 AMYahoo Sports — FIFA urged to investigate Gianni Infantino over Donald Trump Peace Prize
"The FIFA Peace Prize handed to Donald Trump last December has landed Gianni Infantino in the middle of a political storm at his own World Cup. Fifty members of the European Parliament have now written to FIFA, calling for an ethics investigation into how the sport’s governing body came to invent the award in the first place — and then hand it to the sitting U.
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