FIFA president Gianni Infantino sought to defend his organization’s decision to reverse a red card suspension given to U.S. Men’s National Team forward Folarin Balogun amid accusations that FIFA ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump claimed Monday that he asked FIFA supremo Gianni Infantino to review US striker Folarin Balogun’s red card, which would have kept him out of an elimination match against ...

President Donald Trump intervened in Folarin Balogun’s red card controversy in the World Cup, calling FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask for a review of the controversial decision in the Round of ...

The reversal of Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension is highly unusual. It was the first time since 1962 that FIFA has nullified a suspension for a red card received during the World Cup. By Tyler ...

The president said he called the head of FIFA but “didn’t tell him what to do.” The overturning of the ban has roiled soccer and brought renewed scrutiny to the relationship between the two leaders.

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 Balogun — a ...