Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleFolarin Balogun's one-match suspension for a red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina has been overturned, making him eligible to play for the USA against Belgium in the World Cup last-16. FIFA's decision to "suspend" the ban was an extraordinary development, citing Article 27 of its disciplinary code, which allows for the suspension of disciplinary measures. US President Donald Trump thanked FIFA on Truth Social for "reversing a great injustice," following scrutiny over his relationship with FIFA president Gianni Infantino. USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino had previously stated that Balogun's red card incident, where he scraped his studs down an opponent's calf, was "never a red card" and "not intentional." This decision mirrors a previous instance where Cristiano Ronaldo's three-game ban in World Cup qualifiers was suspended and comes after Lionel Messi was not red-carded for a similar tackle. In fullFolarin Balogun red card extraordinarily wiped by Fifa in huge World Cup boost for USAMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Balogun available for Belgium match after Fifa suspends red card ban
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleFolarin Balogun's one-match suspension for a red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina has been overturned, making him eligible to play for the USA against Belgium in the World Cup last-16. FIFA's decision to "suspend" the ban was an extraordinary development, citing Article 27 of its disciplinary code, which allows for the suspension of disciplinary measures. US President Donald Trump thanked FIFA on Truth Social for "reversing a great injustice," following scrutiny over his relationship with FIFA president Gianni Infantino. USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino had previously stated that Balogun's red card incident, where he scraped his studs down an opponent's calf, was "never a red card" and "not intentional." This decision mirrors a previous instance where Cristiano Ronaldo's three-game ban in World Cup qualifiers was suspended and comes after Lionel Messi was not red-carded for a similar tackle. In fullFolarin Balogun red card extraordinarily wiped by Fifa in huge World Cup boost for USAMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
