FIFA issue statement following calls for Donald Trump to be stripped of Peace Award

Trump was given the award in December

The 79-year-old was handed the award by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the lengthy World Cup draw at the start of December.

As he handed the US President the prize, Infantino said: "We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize.”

Mid-level and senior officials within the governing body are said to feel "uncomfortable" with the choice to name Trump as the winner, a sense that is said to have grown stronger in the weeks since Trump's military intervention in Venezuela and amidst increased suggestions that the USA could invade Greenland.

In light of these tensions, and the regret within some parts of the organisation over the decision to give the award to Trump, FIFA have issued a statement.

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As first reported in The Guardian, it reads: "Fifa strongly supports its annual peace prize, an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity. Fifa notes the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient [the Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado] has given her medal to President Trump.

“Fifa has strong relations with President Trump, along with leaders from fellow co-hosts Canada and Mexico. This has resulted in good working relationships leading to, for example in the US, the formation of the White House Task Force for the Fifa World Cup.”