WASHINGTON, July 6. /TASS/. The Disciplinary Committee of FIFA has rejected the appeal filed by the Royal Belgian Football Association against the world’s governing body of football's decision to cancel the red card for US national team forward Folarin Balogun, FIFA’s press office said in a statement.
"The FIFA Appeal Committee has rendered a request submitted by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) as inadmissible in relation to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee’s decision to suspend for one year the match suspension imposed on United States national-team player Folarin Balogun following his dismissal for a direct red card during the FIFA World Cup 2026 match between the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina, played on July 1, 2026 at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium. The chairperson of the FIFA Appeal Committee, Neil Eggleston (from the United States), was not involved in the decision," the statement reads.
"The request was rendered inadmissible on the grounds that the RBFA is not a party to the proceedings and, as such, has no standing to appeal the decision," the statement added.
Following a video review, Balogun was slapped with a red card after he appeared to drive his cleat into the ankle of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Tarik Muharemovic in their match during the Round of 32 at the world championship. The Royal Belgian Football Association has appealed FIFA’s decision to overturn Balogun’s red-card disqualification ahead of Monday's US-Belgium Last 16 match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
