FIFA 2026 WC - general
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Klopp getting plaudits for coming out saying how bad the red card suspension is. How many times has he gone to the ref after a match and moaned about a card and said he's wrong?
You might say he doesn't follow up with trying to get it overturned yet if there were a review process he'd be using it.
I wonder what his original opinion of the decision was.
You might say he doesn't follow up with trying to get it overturned yet if there were a review process he'd be using it.
I wonder what his original opinion of the decision was.
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Jude Bellingham free to play for England against Switzerland after getting suspended ban
England midfielder Jude Bellingham is given a one-match suspended ban for his crotch-grabbing gesture after scoring against Slovakia.
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Uh oh...
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Donald Trump: Folarin Balogun suspension would have left 'big stain' on World Cup
United States President Donald Trump says Fifa "made the right decision" to suspend Folarin Balogun's one-match ban, adding that otherwise, it would have left a "big stain" on the World Cup.
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Asked, isn't demand or commanded. Yet why even get involved? The fact that there's a FIFA provision to even do this is baffling.
Exclusive | How US Soccer got Folarin Balogun’s suspension overturned — including Trump’s phone call
Folarin Balogun, the dynamic U.S. striker who’s scored a goal in each of the three matches he’s played in this World Cup, will play against Belgium in Monday’s massive Round of 16 showdown.
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The political involvement should be a breach of FIFA standards.
A source with intimate knowledge of the process told The Post on Sunday that, despite FIFA’s rules that a case such as Balogun’s cannot be appealed, a group that was led by U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson and COO Dan Helfrich fought the ruling based on VAR having been applied incorrectly.
They immediately put this process into motion Wednesday night after the U.S. defeated Bosnia.
To make out that this is simply a direct favour at the request of the President is entirely false. That's the framing. It's been stated that US Soccer immediately built an appeal case and took it forward to the FIFA review committee.