FIFA lifts Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension after Trump calls Infantino

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FIFA lifts Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension after Trump calls Infantino
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US President Donald Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino and asked him to review the World Cup suspension of US striker Folarin Balogun, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. FIFA later lifted Balogun's one-match ban, clearing him to face Belgium in the last 16 after his red card against Bosnia.

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