It was FIFA’s corruption that stunned people, not President Donald Trump’s. The chief executive’s contempt for rules is now taken for granted. What Sport, even more than politics, depends on a disinterested application of the rules.

An unprecedented FIFA decision, a direct intervention from Donald Trump, and a World Cup controversy that has left football divided.

The suspension of the USA striker’s red card after Trump’s intervention has shown what Gianni Infantino’s organisation is trying to turn the sport into: scripted entertainment

The US president has turned his destructive and insidious attention to sport

Football governing body suspended US striker’s one-match ban after phone call from Donald Trump, only for host team to crash out of World Cup

It was FIFA’s corruption that stunned people, not President Donald Trump’s. The chief executive’s contempt for rules is now taken for granted. What Sport, even more than politics,…

FIFA suspended Balogun's World Cup red card ban after Trump called Infantino. UEFA condemned the move, raising governance questions relevant to crypto