FIFA reject Belgium over Balogun, hit back at global anger over red card backflip as Trump takes credit

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended world soccer’s disciplinary process amid an international wave of criticism after US President Donald ‌Trump praised the decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s World Cup red card ban, and as the controversy spilled over into politics. Infantino said FIFA’s judicial bodies operated “independently and autonomously” and that he had told […]