In 2025, Trump told FIFA, Olympics and NCAA to get in line. For the most part, they complied
Trump influenced major sports organizations to align with his immigration and transgender policies through executive orders, impacting events like the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics.
- This month, President Donald Trump received the newly created `FIFA Peace Prize` as he and allied sports leaders aligned major sports with his 2025 priorities.
- An earlier executive order Trump signed soon after taking office seeks to reduce opportunities for transgender athletes, while federal agencies enforcing immigration and security policies shaped 2025 international sports events.
- The NCAA and Olympic bodies amended rules after Trump’s order, while he signed an executive order creating an Olympic `task force` and promoted the `FIFA Pass`.
- Next year's World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will face scrutiny over their ability to unite amid a less welcoming U.S., while ICE’s presence at venues remains uncertain, affecting athletes and fans.
- In July, the administration's Saving College Sports executive order ordered labor officials to clarify athlete employment, but the NCAA pushed back while Congress and federal courts remain options, Olympic legal expert Jill Pilgrim said.
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The trophy of the Peace Prize, which US President Donald Trump received from the Fifa, is the miniature edition of a sculpture that stands in the park of the Uno seat in Geneva. Meanwhile, it is also reported that the White House has made grandiose specifications into the trophy.
By EDDIE PELLS It has never been unusual for the leader of the host country to present himself at one of the most important moments of the prelude to a football World Cup. The raffle ceremony to reveal the groups in which the different selections are located. What made the appearance of President Donald Trump different this month was the “Fafa Peace Prize” he received. The honor recently created by the governing body of this sport was, to no one…
In 2025, Trump told FIFA, Olympics and NCAA to get in line. For the most part, they complied
Whether he was accepting awards from FIFA, attending the Ryder Cup as a specially invited guest or hosting Olympic leaders at the White House, President Donald Trump figured out how to get himself in the headlines for sports stories, while also shaping those sports to fit his own worldview.
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