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Gianni Infantino apologised for “mistakes” to the FIFA Council in Zurich on Thursday, but gave members none of the documents they had asked for. England FA chair Debbie Hewitt said that if Infantino does not answer the council’s questions, “he is not fit to be the FIFA president.” German FA president Bernd Neuendorf…
The football chief said he was sorry “for the mistakes that we made,” but reminded that his project was only a proposal and “in no way a done deal.”
On October 16, 2026, Gianni Infantino came under fresh pressure over the FIFA Peace Prize he created and handed to President Donald Trump. As reported by The Guardian, top figures on the FIFA Council told him during Thursday's meeting in Zurich to scrap the award or strip it of its political character.