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Trump intervention sparks World Cup storm as FIFA clears Balogun to face Belgium
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE, July 5 : The United States’ World Cup campaign took an extraordinary turn on Sunday when FIFA made the unprecedented decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s automatic red-card ban, clearing the striker to face Belgium in Monday's last-16 clash after U.S. President Donald Trump personally urged FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review the case.The move thrust FIFA’s disciplinary process into the global spotlight, prompted an angry response from Belgium and ensured that one of this tournament’s biggest talking points would centre not on tactics or team selection, but on the relationship between football’s governing body and political power.Within minutes, the decision had ignited one of the tournament’s biggest media storms, dominating sports bulletins and talk shows as pu
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