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FIFA announces new peace prize to be awarded at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington.
The award, called the FIFA Peace Prize, will “recognize exceptional actions for peace,” soccer’s governing body said Wednesday.
“In an increasingly unsettled and divided world, it’s fundamental to recognize the outstanding contribution of those who work hard to end conflicts and bring people together in a spirit of peace,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said.
FIFA said the award, which Infantino will present this year, will be bestowed annually “on behalf of fans from all around the world.”
https://apnews.com/article/fifa-peace-prize-trump-infantino-682042bcb23ba0e02dcc5f1e88894ffd
The award, called the FIFA Peace Prize, will “recognize exceptional actions for peace,” soccer’s governing body said Wednesday.
“In an increasingly unsettled and divided world, it’s fundamental to recognize the outstanding contribution of those who work hard to end conflicts and bring people together in a spirit of peace,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said.
FIFA said the award, which Infantino will present this year, will be bestowed annually “on behalf of fans from all around the world.”
https://apnews.com/article/fifa-peace-prize-trump-infantino-682042bcb23ba0e02dcc5f1e88894ffd
As the URL indicates, AP is under no illusions about whose crack Infantino's nostrils will be fully inserted in - the illustrating photo confirms it.
Via Lawyers, Guns and Money.
Infantino must be getting crypto payoffs from the Trumps. He doesn't need to toady this shamelessly.
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Is this the only way Infantino can keep Trump from fucking with the World Cup?
FIFA spurts "The “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World” will be bestowed on behalf of all football-loving people from all around the world - more than five billion of the world’s population." But while somehow claiming five billion are "football-loving", and that it's "on behalf" of them ("us", probably - if you say that over half the world's population "love" football, that probably includes me - I'll watch England games), there's spookily no indication how the exacting process of whom the five billion want the award to go to will run.