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FIFA
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FIFA is the international governing body of association football, or soccer, founded in 1904 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It comprises more than 200 national member associations across six regional confederations and organizes the sport's flagship competition, the FIFA World Cup.
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FIFA reverses a US player's World Cup ban after Trump's call
Reversed a World Cup red-card suspension for the first time since 1962, replacing it with a probationary period, after the U.S. president intervened on behalf of the host nation's team whose cooperation FIFA needs for the 2026 tournament.
FIFA invents a peace prize, hands the first to Trump
Under Infantino, awarded its inaugural peace prize to the sitting U.S. president whose administration's cooperation it sought for the 2026 World Cup, drawing objections from member federations over its political-neutrality rules.
FIFA pays the president's family business for a mostly empty office
Leased a largely idle office in Trump Tower, paying rent to the sitting president's family business while seeking the administration's cooperation for the 2026 World Cup; says it pays market rent.