{"id":358667,"date":"2026-07-06T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/did-fifa-lift-baloguns-match-suspension-after-a-trump-phone-call-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:00:49","slug":"did-fifa-lift-baloguns-match-suspension-after-a-trump-phone-call-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/did-fifa-lift-baloguns-match-suspension-after-a-trump-phone-call-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Did FIFA lift Balogun&#8217;s match suspension after a Trump phone call? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gxmzSnXA4ZM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Did FIFA lift Balogun's match suspension after a Trump phone call? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gxmzSnXA4ZM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Football&#8217;s governing body FIFA is under fire for allegedly reversing a US footballer&#8217;s match suspension following an intervention from US President Donald Trump. US striker Folarin Balogun had been sent off the field last week following a red card in a game against Bosnia and Herzegovina. But an automatic one match suspension thereafter was suspended by FIFA after reports emerged that Trump had called FIFA boss Gianni Infantino complaining about it. Did FIFA bend its rules to favor Trump? Was Balogun&#8217;s suspension lifted so he could play a key match against Belgium? Biresh Banerjee discusses with DW Sports Correspondent Jonathan Crane. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters<br \/>\n0:01 Balogun suspension suspended<br \/>\n1:38 Alleged call between Trump, Infantino<br \/>\n2:21 Why would president Trump intervene?<br \/>\n3:16 Trump, Infantino relationship under scrutiny<br \/>\n4:22 Will FIFA\u2019s reputation suffer?<br \/>\n5:14 US, Belgian fans react to decision<br \/>\n6:28 Belgian Football Association reacts<br \/>\n8:40 UEFA weighs in<br \/>\n9:30 Is Infantino\u2019s job in jeopardy?<br \/>\n10:30 Folarin Balogun\u2019s impact<br \/>\n12:20 Balogun history<br \/>\n14:00 Will incident set a precedent?<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #FIFA #WorldCup #dwnews #dwsports<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football&#8217;s governing body FIFA is under fire for allegedly reversing a US footballer&#8217;s match suspension following an intervention from US President Donald Trump. US striker Folarin Balogun had been sent off the field last week following a red card in a game against Bosnia and Herzegovina. But an automatic one match suspension thereafter was suspended [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-358667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Did FIFA lift Balogun&#039;s match suspension after a Trump phone call? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Did FIFA lift Balogun&#039;s match suspension after a Trump phone call? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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