FIFA create new peace prize: Trump likely to win; to be announced at World Cup draw

FIFA has created a caller yearly grant called the FIFA Peace Prize to beryllium awarded for the archetypal clip during the 2026 World Cup gully successful Washington, satellite football's governing assemblage said Wednesday."Football stands for peace, and connected behalf of the full planetary shot community, the FIFA Peace Prize -- Football Unites the World volition recognise the tremendous efforts of those individuals who unite people, bringing anticipation for aboriginal generations," FIFA president Gianni Infantino said successful a statement.

The announcement came earlier Infantino appeared astatine the America Business Forum successful Miami, wherever US President Donald Trump and Argentine World Cup champion Lionel Messi were besides speakers.The recipient of the inaugural grant was not revealed, but determination was contiguous speculation that it could spell to Trump, an Infantino state who is expected to beryllium contiguous astatine the December 5 gully astatine the Kennedy Center successful the US capital.Trump, flanked by Infantino, announced from the Oval Office successful August that the gully would instrumentality spot astatine the Kennedy Center, wherever helium installed himself this twelvemonth arsenic president successful what helium called a warfare connected "woke" culture.

Since returning to bureau for a 2nd word successful January, Trump has insisted helium deserved the Nobel bid prize for his relation successful resolving galore conflicts astir the world.But the US president was snubbed by the Norwegian Nobel Committee past period arsenic it awarded the bid prize to Venezuelan absorption person Maria Corina Machado.The 2026 World Cup volition beryllium co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.