Fifa declined to comment on the MPs' motion, and whether it may now reconsider the annual awarding of its peace prize in light of Trump's recent foreign policy. This is not the first time Fifa has come under pressure over the political actions of a World Cup host. Russia also stood accused of cyber attacks, meddling in western elections and carrying out the Novichok nerve agent attack in Salisbury. However, comparisons have also been drawn with the way Fifa subsequently banned Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a sanction that remains in place. "It's an invasion of a sovereign nation and the kidnap of a president in Venezuela.

Source: BBC January 13, 2026 18:50 UTC