According to The Times, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) Ethics Committee has refused to provide the Norwegian Football Association with any updates in response to its complaint against Gianni Infantino – which alleges that Infantino violated political neutrality rules by awarding a FIFA peace prize to Donald Trump.

The Norwegian FA endorsed an ethics complaint filed by the lobbying group FairSquare, and in a letter to the FIFA Ethics Committee, requested to be "kept informed of the progress of the case and any significant procedural developments," while also demanding the publication of the relevant decision.

The investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee is currently headed by former politician Martin Ngoga, who responded to the Norwegian Football Association by rejecting the request, though he stated that he "recognizes the importance of transparency."

In his letter, he stated: "Only individuals who are the subject of proceedings are identified as 'parties' to those proceedings. Therefore, given the confidentiality of proceedings related to the Code of Ethics, we are unable to provide updates on whether any such proceedings exist or their status."

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

Ngoga said that ethics investigators would "give careful and comprehensive consideration to all information brought to their attention."

The Norwegian FA is also preparing to file another complaint with the FIFA Ethics Committee regarding the Balogun scandal, in which USA striker Folarin Balogun's FIFA World Cup ban was lifted after Trump contacted Infantino. The FIFA president insists the decision was made independently.

Data from social media analytics company Ravineo, which tracked over 6,500 posts across 33 global markets, showed that earlier this year there were few posts about the FIFA president, and the vast majority were positive.

However, the outcry over FIFA World Cup ticket pricing, the Balogun scandal, and the eventual exposure of FIFA's "Project Forward" commercial project completely reversed public opinion: since The Times broke the story on July 28, negative posts about Infantino have outnumbered positive content by 55 times.

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