It was the timing that set off the first alarm bells. With Donald Trump brooding over missing out on the Nobel peace prize, and shortly before Gianni Infantino , the president of world football’s governing body, Fifa, was due to meet the US president in Miami, an announcement was made.

In a press release and a post on his personal Instagram account last month, Infantino said Fifa would launch its very own peace prize, to be awarded each year to “individuals who help unite people in peace through unwavering commitment and special actions”.

Who could possibly be in the running on 5 December when the winner is announced at the glittery draw in Washington for next year’s World Cup in the US and Mexico?

Infantino had already been accused of a breach of Fifa’s neutrality rules during an

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