New Delhi, June 24 -- The United States President Donald Trump will be on hand to present the FIFA World Cup 2026 final trophy on July 19 at New York New Jersey Stadium, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday.

The global football boss has fostered an increasingly chummy relationship with the Trump and in December awarded him the inaugural edition of his invented FIFA Peace Prize, as Trump sought out sport's mega-watt spotlight.

"We will be together with the president enjoying the final and handing the trophy to the winner, of course, together," Infantino said on the "Fox and Friends" television programme. FIFA said it had no comment beyond Infantino's televised remarks.

Trump was met with boos and cheers when he handed the tro...