US president Donald Trump delivers his speech after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize from Italian Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Infantino had, scattered around the darkened auditorium, some of the most glittering names in World Cup lore as his audience. US president Donald Trump, Mexico president Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney pose for a selfie with Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA. Even Trump was becoming tired of his host after watching Carney draw Canada and Sheinbaum draw Mexico with the first two countries pulled. I was pretty young at that point.”That was in 1975, a year after the World Cup hosted by West Germany.

Source: The Irish Times December 06, 2025 04:13 UTC