FIFA Peace Prize Scrapping: Trump Award Under Review
The fifa peace prize trump received as the award’s first and only winner could be scrapped, after a tense FIFA Council meeting in Zurich put the honour under formal review.
The three-hour session on Thursday, Oct. 15, saw FIFA president Gianni Infantino apologise for a botched plan to sell off a stake in the World Cup to private investors. The expression of regret fell flat with European leaders: English Football Association chair and FIFA vice-president Debbie Hewitt is among those still calling for Infantino to resign, and UEFA wants all documents relating to the plan released, arguing the 20 per cent stake in future FIFA tournaments was being sold at a knockdown price.
A Stormy Three Hours in Zurich
The meeting was the council’s first since the sell-off plan — dubbed FIFA Forward Enterprise — surfaced in the media. Infantino has since abandoned it after UEFA threatened a boycott of FIFA competitions, including the World Cup. Hewitt said the council had received answers to none of its specific requests, including the documents behind the enterprise.
Infantino also faced scrutiny over the suspension of U.S. striker Folarin Balogun’s one-match ban during the World Cup, a decision FIFA’s Legal Committee will now review alongside its disciplinary procedures. The findings from both reviews are due at the next council meeting in December 2026.
The Prize’s Future in Doubt
The FIFA Peace Prize — introduced in 2025 and presented to Trump in December of that year for his Gaza ceasefire work — is likely to be ditched, with FIFA’s Football Social Responsibility Committee tasked with assessing the award and the reasons behind it.
The committee will examine how the prize came about, whether it should have existed at all, how the decision to award it to Trump was made, and whether it should be scrapped or reformed. When FIFA created the award, it said it would be “bestowed on an annual basis” — but Trump remains its sole recipient.
Pressure on Infantino is building from multiple directions. European leaders continue to demand his resignation, and the findings on both the peace prize and the disciplinary process land just as he prepares for next year’s presidential election.
Source: Sky Sports