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Report: FIFA to amend rule that led to Folarin Balogun red-card overturn
- Following a phone call from President Donald Trump, FIFA President Gianni Infantino faced scrutiny after the governing body suspended an automatic one-match ban for United States forward Folarin Balogun, sparking a dispute over political interference.
- FIFA Council members, including Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt, are pressing Infantino for details regarding his abandoned Fifa Forward Enterprise proposal, which previously triggered calls for his resignation from continental confederation presidents.
- Reports surfaced this week that Infantino received an undisclosed £1.3m payment in 2024 from an American Fifa World Cup subsidiary, while the Council may also question FIFA's $4 million lease for office space in New York's Trump Tower.
- At Thursday's meeting in Zurich, administrators will propose distributing $6.35 billion to member nations, with Uefa and Concacaf presidents Aleksander Ceferin and Victor Montagliani stating member bodies "should not have to choose between development and good governance."
- Despite mounting scrutiny, Infantino remains intent on standing for a fourth term at next year's Fifa Congress, having recently secured unanimous backing from the Confederation of African Football and strong support across South America, Oceania, and Asia.
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New allegations are being made against Gianni Infantino. The FIFA president is said to have been behind the lifting of Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension, according to the New York Post. - He told President Trump he would arrange it, the source tells the newspaper.
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Report: FIFA to amend rule that led to Folarin Balogun red-card overturn
By Field Level Media Oct 14 (Field Level Media) - Call it the Folarin Balogun rule. FIFA is changing its rules to prevent a repeat of the outcry sparked by the reversal of Balogun's red-card ban at this summer's World Cup, ESPN reported Wednesday. Th...
FIFA plans to change its regulations to prevent the recurrence of the American player Volaren Balgoin scandal.
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