USA star Folarin Balogun has been cleared to play in the team’s crucial World Cup round of 16 game after FIFA rejected an appeal launched by the Belgian FA.
The World Cup descended into farce on Sunday after it emerged that Donald Trump had called FIFA president Gianni Infantino to review the one-match ban handed to USA star Balogun following a red card during their win over Bosnia on July 1.
Moments after Sunday’s announcement, President Trump, who has become close friends with Infantino, wrote: ‘Thank you to Fifa for doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice! President DONALD J. TRUMP.’
White House sources
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