NEW YORK, June 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will be on hand to present the World Cup final trophy on July 19 at New York New Jersey Stadium, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday.
The global soccer boss has fostered an increasingly chummy relationship with the U.S. president and in December awarded him the inaugural edition of his invented FIFA Peace Prize, as Trump sought out sport’s mega-watt spotlight.
“We will be together with the president enjoying the final and handing the trophy to the winner, of course, together,” Infantino said on the “Fox and Friends” television programme.
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FIFA said it had no comment beyond Infantino’s televised remarks.
The global soccer boss has fostered an increasingly chummy relationship with the U.S. president and in December awarded him the inaugural edition of his invented FIFA Peace Prize, as Trump sought out sport’s mega-watt spotlight.
“We will be together with the president enjoying the final and handing the trophy to the winner, of course, together,” Infantino said on the “Fox and Friends” television programme.
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FIFA said it had no comment beyond Infantino’s televised remarks.
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