The board of the Nobel Peace Centre said on Monday it wished to end its formal cooperation with football’s scandal-plagued ruling body FIFA over the “Handshake for Peace” programme.
The symbolic fair play gesture has been promoted by FIFA since 2014 at various levels of the game, and includes a handshake between the captains and referees before and after the final whistle.
“We still believe in the ‘Handshake for Peace’ initiative and wish for it to live on in the future,” said Bente Erichsen, executive director of the Nobel Peace Centre.
The Nobel Peace Centre said it would begin discussions with the Norwegian Football Association on how to continue the programme.
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