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Abolish FIFA Peace Prize awarded to Donald Trump, says president of ...
The president of the Norwegian football association has called for the abolition of the FIFA Peace Prize, which was awarded to U.S. president Donald Trump, and says she supports an ethics complaint against Gianni Infantino, the president of world football’s governing body.Lise Klaveness, who will represent her federation at the FIFA Congress on Thursday and is on the UEFA executive committee, said the organisation should maintain “an arm’s length distance” from world leaders.Trump was given the Peace Prize by Infantino at the draw for this summer’s World Cup in Washington D.C. on December 6.The prize was announced by FIFA in November — without prior approval from its board, the FIFA Council — in order “to reward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world”.The timing of the announcement and Infantino’s strong relationship with Trump led many to assume that the award was created essentially as a consolation prize for Trump after the U.S. president was overlooked for the Nobel Peace Prize, the world’s most prestigious award of its kind.Klaveness believes that FIFA, which is supposed to remain politically neutral, does not have the “mandate” nor resources to give out a Peace Prize.“We want to see (the FIFA Peace Prize) abolished,” Klaveness said in a roundtable with international media, including The Athletic, on Monday.“We don’t think it’s part of FIFA’s mandate to give such a prize. We think we have a Nobel institute that does that job independently already.“We think it’s important for football federations, confederations and FIFA to try and avoid situations where this arm’s length distance to state leaders are challenged. These prizes will typically be very political if you don’t have really good instruments and experience to make this independent.“To have a jury and criteria is full-time work. It’s so sensitive. From a resource angle and from a mandate angle but, most importantly, from a governance angle, I think it should be avoided also in the future.”FIFA did not announce nominees for the Peace Prize, and spokespeople for the governing body would not say how or by whom the winner would be chosen, when asked.FIFA’s ethics committee has since been asked to investigate Infantino for “repeated breaches” of the governing body’s rules on political neutrality over his relationship with Trump.Human rights campaign group FairSquare wrote a letter of complaint to FIFA, alleging th...
Norwegian FA chief Klaveness calls on FIFA to abolish peace prize
FIFA should scrap its peace prize to avoid getting drawn into politics, Norwegian Football Association (NFF) President Lise Klaveness said on Monday, suggesting that the awarding of such prizes ...
Fifa urged to abolish controversial peace prize that was awarded to Trump
The demand comes after Fifa awarded its inaugural peace prize to US President Donald Trump in December, during the draw for the 2026 World Cup.
FIFA urged to scrap peace prize after Donald Trump award sparks ...
Norway FA chief Lise Klaveness has urged FIFA to scrap its peace prize after criticism over awarding it to Donald Trump.
