President Donald Trump was awarded the first ever FIFA Peace Prize on Dec. 5. It comes after he didn't win the Nobel, but he has been nominated.

Social media users noted that the move to drop charges came shortly after President Donald Trump received a FIFA peace award.

The World Cup draw is always a spectacle. The 2026 iteration of the event has proved no exception, with the expanded 48-country field learning their fate. The prospect of watching the game’s finest stars light up fields in the U.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s public support for Donald Trump and a peace prize awarded to the U.S. president are the subjects of formal complaints to the global soccer body’s ethics investigators.

The inaugural presentation of the prize is set to occur during the World Cup draw in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

As billions of fans around the world tune in to watch the World Cup draw on Friday, they’ll also have the opportunity to watch FIFA president Gianni Infantino present a new, somewhat puzzling, award.

FIFA revoked U.S. President Donald Trump's peace prize after board members launched an investigation into the award selection process. In December 2025, soon after FIFA awarded U.S. President Donald Trump the inaugural "FIFA Peace Prize," rumors spread that the international soccer governing body was revoking the award.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — FIFA president Gianni Infantino awarded his inaugural FIFA Peace Prize to “close friend” Donald Trump at Friday’s 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, D.C.

FIFA's ethics committee has been asked to investigate Gianni Infantino, claiming he broke the governing body's rules on political neutrality.

President Donald Trump helped announce the 2026 World Cup Draw with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Dec. 5.