Breaking News Sports: AP | FIFA lifts US player Balogun’s red card suspension at World Cup after Trump calls Infantino
U.S. Pres. Donald Trump intervened on behalf of American star forward Folarin Balogun, whose suspension was lifted in a decision that allows him to play in a World Cup match against Belgium on Monday.
Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino... asking FIFA review the red card... The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) said it was “astonished”
The Seattle TimesWhite House called FIFA to review red card for Team USA’s Folarin BalogunThe White House made a call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review the red card on Team USA star strike Folarin Balogun, an AP source says.