Norwegian Football Association says FIFA
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Norwegian Football Association says FIFA Peace Prize awarded to Donald Trump must be abolished

The FIFA Peace Prize awarded to US President Donald Trump must be abolished, the Norwegian Football Association says. It has no legitimacy and is clearly outside FIFA's mandate, says chairwoman Lise Klaveness.

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Donald Trump became the first recipient of the prize in December during the draw for this summer's World Cup finals in North America - without the FIFA Congress having decided to establish a peace prize.

It is serious that a political award is being introduced without any basis, Klaveness says ahead of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver.

The Norwegian Football Association believes that FIFA's ethics committee should consider a letter sent last year by the human rights organization Fairsquare. The letter accuses FIFA President Gianni Infantino of violating the organization's rules on political neutrality when the award was established.

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