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Balogun red card storm could be 'fatal misstep' for FIFA's Infantino, says rights group
July 6 : Human rights group FairSquare says U.S. President Donald Trump's intervention over Folarin Balogun's red-card ban should be investigated as a breach of FIFA's rules on political neutrality and could mark the beginning of the end of Gianni Infantino's presidency.Trump confirmed on Monday that he had contacted Infantino over the red card, which was set to rule Balogun out of the U.S. team's World Cup last-16 match against Belgium until the punishment was suspended by FIFA's disciplinary committee on Sunday.Infantino, who has run the global governing body since 2016, said in a statement that the disciplinary body was independent and he had no involvement in the decision that freed Balogun to play in the match later on Monday. FairSquare, a non-profit organisation specialising in spor
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