Infantino told by Fifa council members to scrap or depoliticise the peace prize awarded to Trump
Summary
Gianni Infantino was told at the Fifa council meeting on Thursday 15 October to make major changes to the controversial Fifa peace prize or scrap it, The Guardian reported on Friday 16 October, after the backlash that greeted the award of the prize to the US president, several council members demanding that the award be abolished and others calling for the prize to be depoliticised. Fifa's football social responsibility committee is to make a recommendation before the next council meeting in Doha on 16 December, and Donald Trump is likely to end up as the only political leader awarded the prize, according to The Guardian. The Independent reported that a review into the Fifa Peace Prize will be conducted by the committee and is set to be delivered at the next meeting of the Fifa Council, writing that Trump could hold the prize forever as the award faces being scrapped.
Latest: Gianni Infantino was told at Thursday's Fifa council meeting to make major changes to the peace prize awarded to Trump or scrap it, The Guardian reported, with Fifa's football social responsibility committee to make a recommendation before the next council meeting in Doha on 16 December, The Independent reporting that a review will be conducted.
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How it unfolded
Friday 16 October
Gianni Infantino was told at Thursday's Fifa council meeting to make major changes to the peace prize awarded to Trump or scrap it, The Guardian reported, with Fifa's football social responsibility committee to make a recommendation before the next council meeting in Doha on 16 December, The Independent reporting that a review will be conducted.