Infantino's perceived closeness to President Donald Trump and the process used to introduce the new award have come under scrutiny.

Doha to host the 2025 'The Best' ceremony next TuesdayThe Best Awards Fifa / @x.com/FabrizioRomanoThe Qatari capital, Doha, will host the “The Best Awards” ceremony on Tuesday, December 16, 2025,

Voting for the awards were split into four sources. Each FIFA-registered national team's captain and one nominated coach per team were eligible, as were one nominated journalist per country, and an online fan vote. Each group had to choose their top three from each category, which would award them five, three or one point.

Social media users noted that the move to drop charges came shortly after President Donald Trump received a FIFA peace award.

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Landon Donovan, Brad Guzan and Cobi Jones previewed the Brazil vs. Morocco matchup in the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.

The FIFA Intercontinental Cup is the tournament that succeeded the old version of the FIFA Club World Cup. The inaugural 32-team Club World Cup took centre stage in the summer of 2025 and will be played every four years, whereas the Intercontinental Cup will continue to be an annual event that takes place to close out the calendar year.

FIFA said Friday that it had received 5 million ticket requests in the first 24 hours of the third phase of ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup, despite widespread backlash from supporter groups to the prices being charged.