Article 72XNE Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize

Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize

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Exclusive by Osasu Obayiuwana in Rabat
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  • Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with award

  • Fifa says it still strongly' supports the peace prize

There is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World Cup draw in Washington DC in December with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, telling Trump: We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize."

Since then, the US has launched airstrikes across Venezuela and captured the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them to the US, where he was put in jail. Maduro appeared in court on 5 January, pleading not guilty to drugs, weapons and narco-terrorism" charges. Trump has also threatened to invade Greenland because he said the US needs the territory very badly".

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