FIFA council presses Infantino to scrap or depoliticise peace prize after Trump award

FIFA council members have told president Gianni Infantino to scrap or depoliticise the peace prize awarded to Donald Trump last year.

• At Thursday's council meeting, several members demanded the prize be scrapped and others called for it to be depoliticised.
• Infantino announced referral to FIFA's social responsibility committee, which will deliver a recommendation before the Doha meeting on 16 December.
• One council member said the likely outcome is an award for a football figure, with a provision prohibiting politicians from receiving it.
• The prize was created last November and presented to Trump at the men's World Cup draw in Washington last December.
• Opponents cite FIFA's statute article two, which prohibits governmental or political interference in football affairs.
• The 22-member social responsibility committee will set strict selection criteria before the council's Doha meeting on 16 December.