Gianni Infantino

Gianni Infantino is the President of FIFA, the global governing body for football. He is currently newsworthy due to several controversies surrounding FIFA's decisions and the upcoming 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico. A major point of contention is FIFA's decision to award a peace prize to US President Donald Trump, prompting an ethics complaint against Infantino for allegedly violating FIFA's political neutrality rules. This decision has drawn criticism from human rights groups and even internal embarrassment within FIFA. Other issues include rising ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup, which are being criticized as extortionate and potentially exclusionary, and the doubling of the winner's prize money, which is still less than the Club World Cup. Infantino also commented on the Senegal AFCON final walk-off, calling the protest unacceptable.