According to The Times, the Ethics Committee of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) has refused to provide the Norwegian Football Association with updates regarding their complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The complaint alleges that Infantino violated political neutrality rules by awarding the FIFA Peace Award to Donald Trump.

The Norwegian Football Association has backed the ethics complaint filed by the lobbying group FairSquare and, in a letter to the FIFA Ethics Committee, requested to "remain informed about the progress of this case and any significant procedural developments," as well as for the decision to be made public.

Martin Ngoga, the current head of the investigative chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee and a former politician, responded to the Norwegian Football Association by rejecting the request, while maintaining that he "recognizes the importance of transparency."

In his letter, he stated: "Only individuals who are the subject of proceedings are considered 'parties' to those proceedings. Therefore, given the confidentiality of proceedings related to the Code of Ethics, we cannot provide updates on whether such proceedings exist or their current status."

The letter added: "Decisions regarding the publication of findings... will be made on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the applicable regulatory framework."

Ngoga stated that ethics investigators would "give careful and thorough consideration to all information submitted to them."

The Norwegian Football Association is also preparing to file another complaint with the FIFA Ethics Committee regarding the Balogun scandal, in which the ban on the U.S. striker for the FIFA World Cup was lifted after Trump called Infantino. The FIFA President has insisted that the decision was made independently.

Data from social media analytics firm Ravineo, which tracked over 6,500 posts across 33 global markets, showed that early this year, posts about the FIFA President were sparse and largely positive.

Criticism over FIFA World Cup ticket prices, the Balogun scandal, and the subsequent exposure of FIFA's "Forward Programme" business project completely reversed public opinion: since The Times reported on July 28, negative posts about Infantino have outnumbered positive content by 55 times.

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