At the 2026 World Cup draw, FIFA president Gianni Infantino awarded US President Donald Trump the federation’s newly created Peace Prize, praising his global mediation efforts. The award — a departure from FIFA’s sporting focus — came amid criticism of Trump’s ongoing foreign policy actions

Washington: President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA Peace Prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial soccer tournament even more of a Trumpian flair.

Trump, who has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize , had been heavily favoured to win the newly created FIFA prize. He and FIFA president Gianni Infantino are close allies, and Infantino had made clear that he thought Trump should have won the Nobel for his efforts to broker

See Full Page