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Soccer: UEFA slams FIFA’s Balogun decision

# Soccer: European governing body UEFA has lashed out at FIFA’s decision to suspend US striker Folarin Balogun’s red-card ban in the World Cup after president Donald Trump asked ‌FIFA president Gianni Infantino to review the case. UEFA says FIFA had crossed a red line and undermined the integrity of the game with an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision. Balogun was sent off during America’s victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in the round of 32. The decision ⁠has thrust FIFA’s disciplinary process into the spotlight and prompted angry responses.