FIFA president Gianni Infantino was reported to the soccer world governing body's ethics investigators over his public support for President Trump and a peace prize awarded to the U.S. leader, a human rights nonprofit announced Tuesday.

Advocacy group FairSquare has also requested an investigation into President Trump being awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize last Friday.

Rumors claim the world soccer body will remove Gianni Infantino for giving Trump the prize on live television.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been accused of breaching his organisation's rules on political neutrality in relation to U.S. President Donald Trump.

Disgraced FIFA ex-president Sepp Blatter has been one of the harshest critics of Gianni Infantino's growing closeness with Donald Trump in recent times

The controversial decision to award Donald Trump the Peace Prize at 2026 World Cup draw last week leads NGO Fairsquare to call for an official investigation into FIFA President Gianni Infantino

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

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.