Donald Trump’s soccer boss buddy is facing calls for an investigation over his praise for the U.S. president and alleged invention of an award to make him feel better about not winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

The FIFA ethics watchdog has been asked by a governance nonprofit to probe the organization’s president, Gianni Infantino, and the hastily created “FIFA Peace Prize” he presented to Trump on Friday.

FairSquare on Monday submitted an eight-page complaint alleging “repeated breaches” of FIFA’s duty of political neutrality by Infantino, 55, and urging an investigation into how Trump, 79, was selected for the inaugural award, according to reporting by The Athletic.

“Mr Infantino’s engagement with President Trump must be underpinned by and in conformity with his duty of neutrality, whic

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