The head of FIFA announced the absence of Trump's requests to allow the Russian national team to the 2026 World Cup.
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- The head of FIFA announced the absence of Trump's requests to allow the Russian national team to the 2026 World Cup.


The President USA Donald Trump did not raise the issue of the possible participation of the Russian national team in the 2026 World Cup in the International Football Federation (FIFA). This was announced on February 28 by FIFA President Gianni Infantino in an interview href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/28/fifa-gianni-infantino-defends-relationship-donald-trump-world-cup-2026 " target="_blank">The Guardian.
"No, I wasn't asked to do that. I think there are more important topics to discuss when peace talks are underway than football. But we want all countries to participate in the game," Infantino stressed.
It is noted that the World Cup is scheduled for the period from June 11 to July 19, 2026 in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
Earlier, on December 25, 2024, the president of the Russian Football Union, Alexander Dyukov, announced that the Russian national football team in the first half of 2025 href="https://iz.ru/1813521/2024-12-25/sbornaia-rf-po-futbolu-v-sleduiushchem-godu-mozhet-provesti-matchi-s-komandami-iz-evropy " target="_blank">can host matches with rivals from Europe. Maxim Mitrofanov, General Secretary of the RFU, told Izvestia at the same time that the Football Federation Israel advocates the admission of Russian teams to international competitions.
In June last year, Dmitry Svishchev, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, said that the Russian national team would still have a chance href="https://iz.ru/1712564/2024-06-14/v-gosdume-otcenili-shansy-na-vozvrat-sbornoi-po-futbolu-na-mezhdunarodnye-turniry"> return to international football tournaments. He pointed out that Russian football players continue to play in European clubs.
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