“If Infantino had any sense of shame, he would resign,” lifelong England fan Ray Harada, 67, said. “If FIFA’s own rules can be bent after one phone call from Donald Trump, then what is the point of having rules at all?”

The decision to overturn Folarin Balogun's red card shows Gianni Infantino will simply do anything to appease the US President - even ripping up very basic rules

FIFA reversed Folarin Balogun's red card suspension after President Trump reportedly called FIFA President Infantino, raising major sports governance

Trump personally phoned Fifa chief Gianni Infantino to challenge the red card.

The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA), however, reacted with disbelief, while Belgium coach Rudi Garcia mocked FIFA's decision. | Football News

If you get a red card at the World Cup, you miss the next game... Unless Donald Trump steps in. The world has reacted to the controversial move by FIFA to lift the ban given to…

The former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has slammed his successor Gianni Infantino over their controversial decision to suspend Folarin Balogun's one-match World Cup ban

OPINION: Trump's phone call to overturn Balogun's ban has exposed Infantino as a spineless puppet unfit to run football, and turned any US World Cup success into a permanently…

Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Monday he questioned the football governing body's decision to suspend US striker Folarin Balogun's red card ban.

WASHINGTON, July 6 : President Donald Trump on Monday said FIFA's move to suspend U.S. striker Folarin Balogun's red-card ban at the World Cup was a "brilliant decision" after he…

WASHINGTON, July 6 : FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended world soccer’s disciplinary process on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump praised FIFA’s decision to suspend…

WASHINGTON, July 6 : FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended world soccer’s disciplinary process on Monday amid an international wave of criticism after U.S. President Donald…

President Donald Trump said Monday that he personally asked FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to review the decision to give a red card and one-game ban to Team USA star striker Folarin…

Der FIFA-Skandal bei der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft erhält eine neue Dimension: US-Präsident Donald Trump bestätigt, dass er den Präsidenten des Weltverbandes, Gianni Infantino, um…

Gianni Infantino entspricht dem Wunsch Donald Trumps, die Sperre gegen einen US-Stürmer auszusetzen. Die Zeit, dem schamlosen Treiben des Fifa-Bosses zuzusehen, muss nun vorbei…

The US president said on Monday he only asked for a 'review', but Fifa's reversal has caused global outrage

The decision by Gianni Infantino’s FIFA to suspend USA striker Folarin Balogun's red card ban after a call from Donald Trump has severely compromised the tournament's integrity.

The US president - who did not initially know what a red card meant - said he told Gianni Infantino it would be a “big stain” on the World Cup if the US lost one of its best…

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FIFA's Gianni Infantino defends integrity after Trump's calls led to an overturned red card, while a Solana meme token called BALOGUN surges on the drama.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended the independence of world football's judicial bodies amid widespread debate over the decision to overturn the