Hyderabad, Dec. 8 -- With the legendary Lionel Messi scheduled to visit India and play in Hyderabad soon, and the release of the fixtures for the 2026 World Cup, football fever is building up in India and the rest of the world. But the game's followers recently witnessed a controversial phenomenon that had never occurred earlier in the history of the sport.

For the first time, the international governing body for football, FIFA, announced a global Peace Prize and it was awarded to US President Donald Trump. Now, many football fans and experts are raising questions. First of all, who is the FIFA to award a Peace Prize ? What is the relevance and validity of such an award ? It seems ridiculous. It is as absurd as it would be if the Nobel P...